Rand Paul neighbor pleads guilty to assaulting Kentucky senator
Rene Boucher admits assault that broke six of senator’s ribsProsecution calls for 21-month prison sentence The neighbor accused of tackling the US senator Rand Paul while he was mowing his lawn faces a...
View ArticleRand Paul to oppose Gina Haspel as CIA director over her 'gleeful joy' at...
‘To read of her glee during waterboarding is absolutely appalling’Senator will also seek to block Mike Pompeo as secretary of stateCorrection, 16 March 2018: One day after this article was published,...
View ArticleTrump will pull out of Iran nuclear deal, leading senator predicts
Bob Corker says ‘I think the president will likely move away from it’Trump faces 12 May deadline to recertify the multilateral accordThe chair of the Senate foreign relations committee has predicted...
View ArticleMike Pompeo's secretary of state position uncertain amid opposition
Senate foreign relations committee looks short of the votes for Pompeo, who was chosen by Trump to replace Rex TillersonDonald Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo for secretary of state encountered...
View ArticleRand Paul breaks with Republicans as he doubts Trump supreme court pick
Republican senator concerned by Brett Kavanaugh’s views on privacy but he has flip-flopped on a Trump nominee beforeBreaking with many Republican colleagues, the Kentucky senator Rand Paul has revealed...
View ArticleRand Paul reverses on threat to oppose Trump supreme court pick
Republican senator backs Brett Kavanaugh, despite expressing concern about the judge’s views on surveillance and privacyRand Paul had publicly suggested he might not support Brett Kavanaugh, Donald...
View ArticleDemocrats try to tempt Trump on guns as Beto beats drum for AR-15 buyback
Pelosi and Schumer speak to president on gun controlButtigieg and Paul offer criticism of O’Rourke’s rhetoricNancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on Sunday offered Donald Trump a rare and highly symbolic...
View ArticleRand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for Covid-19
Kentucky official seen at Senate gym on Sunday says he feels fine and is in quarantine Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Kentucky senator Rand Paul has tested positive for...
View ArticleRand Paul stalls bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime
Republican argued anti-lynching legislation drafted too broadly after House renamed bill previously approved by SenateAmid the visceral national outcry for racial justice in the wake of the police...
View ArticleRepublicans unable to resist ominous themes as day two of convention looms
First lady Melania Trump to headline convention; other speakers include president’s children Eric and TiffanyRepublicans launched into their national convention promising an upbeat take on the...
View Article'Say her name': Rand Paul confronted by protesters over after Republican...
A group of angry protesters has confronted senator Rand Paul near the White House in Washington DC. As Rand walked through the crowd with his wife, demonstrators chanted 'say her name', in reference to...
View ArticleRand Paul points finger at 80s pop star after receiving suspicious powder
Senator accuses Richard Marx of encouraging violence Marx says Paul puts lives at risk by refusing to be vaccinatedAfter Rand Paul received a suspicious package containing white powder at his home on...
View Article‘If anybody is lying here, it is you’: Fauci turns tables on inquisitor Rand...
The senator bit off more than he could chew when he accused Biden’s top health adviser of lying about US-funded virus researchAnthony Fauci has a reputation for plain speaking, as a senator who accused...
View ArticleFauci to Rand Paul: 'You do not know what you are talking about' – video
Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci got into a heated discussion with Republican Senator Rand Paul during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus. Paul pressed Fauci on previous comments made to...
View ArticleYouTube suspends Rand Paul for video claiming masks ‘don’t prevent infection’
Video platform suspends Republican senator, in latest move against a public figure who has spread Covid disinformationYouTube suspended Republican senator Rand Paul on Tuesday for seven days over a...
View ArticleRand Paul: ‘Hatred for Trump’ blocks Covid study of horse drug ivermectin
Kentucky senator tells constituents he is ‘in the middle’ on use of deworming medication FDA has implored Americans not to takeFederal researchers will not objectively study ivermectin as a treatment...
View Article'Kindles the crazies': Fauci tells Rand Paul his accusations incite death...
Senator Rand Paul and Dr Anthony Fauci sparred at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The top immunologist said the Republican senator's behaviour 'kindles the crazies' against him. Fauci testified on Tuesday...
View ArticleRand Paul promises Covid review if Republicans retake Senate in midterms
Kentucky senator who has clashed publicly with Dr Anthony Fauci champions lab leak theory in remarks at rallyThe Kentucky senator Rand Paul promised on Saturday to wage a vigorous review into the...
View ArticleJoe Biden scraps plan to nominate anti-abortion lawyer to Kentucky judgeship
Senator Rand Paul announced Friday he would not consent to Chad Meredith’s nomination, vetoing the president’s effortAfter weeks of criticism from fellow Democrats and abortion advocacy groups, Joe...
View ArticleAide to Senator Rand Paul critically wounded in Washington DC stabbing
Suspect in custody after member of Republican’s staff attacked in apparently random incidentA member of Senator Rand Paul’s staff was stabbed and critically wounded in Washington on Saturday in an...
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