May 29 Why polls are ridiculous … until they're not By Gwen Ifill The Republican race is taking shape! The latest poll conducted by Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University says so. But with so many numbers to digest, here’s why it’s all so ridiculous. Continue reading
May 21 Paul commandeers Senate for nearly 11 hours to protest Patriot Act By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a nearly 11 hours-long protest against renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the post-Sept. 11 law government intrusion on Americans' privacy. Continue reading
Apr 19 Five things to know about GOP hopefuls in New Hampshire By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls were in New Hampshire this weekend for a party conference, the first gathering of its kind this year in the first-in-the-nation primary state. Continue reading
Apr 18 GOP contenders target New Hampshire voters for 2016 By Associated Press Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making it a family affair while campaigning in New Hampshire, while Mike Huckabee is still playing coy about his presidential ambitions. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 12:38 Brooks and Marcus on recording the police, Clinton's campaign launch By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether cops should wear body cameras in the wake of the video of a police shooting in South Carolina,… Continue watching
Apr 09 What analysis reveals about Sen. Rand Paul's ideas for a balanced budgets By Calvin Woodward, Philip Elliott, Associated Press Sen. Rand Paul is campaigning for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination as a man who wants to upend the ways of Washington. In one way, though, he's a creature of the nation's capital: He carries on a long tradition of… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a judge in Pakistan ordered criminal charges be filed against the CIA’s former station chief in Pakistan and its one-time general counsel over an American drone strike in 2009 that killed two people. Also, jurors… Continue watching
Apr 07 Kentucky's Rand Paul joins 2016 presidential campaign By Philip Elliott and Adam Beam, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Sen. Rand Paul, a tea party favorite and frequent antagonist of leaders of his Republican Party, is ready to test how much change voters want, both for their government and for the GOP. Continue reading
Apr 07 What does Rand Paul believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues By Lisa Desjardins Rand Paul is best known as a libertarian, Senate force-of-one and Kentucky Tea Party favorite. He is prolific (lead sponsor on 353 bills in four years) and the second generation in a father-son dynasty of doctors running for president. As… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 7:04 Why Hillary Clinton's campaign announcement won't look like Ted Cruz's By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today about Sen. Rand Paul’s evolving role in the Republican party, predictions about how Hillary Clinton might announce a presidential campaign and how the… Continue watching