Rand Paul

Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply

2013-05-19 00:00:00

We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'

2013-05-17 12:18:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...

Rand Paul accuses Hillary Clinton of 'dereliction of duty' on Libya

2013-05-11 06:00:00

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Sen. Rand Paul sharply attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, declaring that her actions in the months leading up to the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last year were "inexcusable, it was a dereliction of...

Sen. Rand Paul laying groundwork for possible presidential run

2013-05-11 22:05:00

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's...

Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill

2013-05-07 19:34:00

WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...

Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor

2013-05-07 07:00:00

NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...

In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues

2013-05-04 22:14:00

CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...

House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate

2013-04-18 12:57:00

The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The�Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...

Senate votes to consider gun control laws

2013-04-11 18:41:00

WASHINGTON — In a lopsided vote, the Senate launched a debate Thursday over the most significant gun legislation in more than a decade, setting up a contest that could last weeks between reinvigorated advocates for stricter laws and conservatives...

Shouted protests punctuate Senate immigration hearing

2013-04-22 10:07:00

WASHINGTON -- A Republican senator shouted in protest Monday as a top Democrat complained at a Senate hearing that opponents of immigration reform were improperly using the Boston bombing as a reason to delay changes to immigration law. Sen. Charles...

Letters: The GOP's fresh faces

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Re "The GOP's fantasy lineup," Opinion, April 7 It is hard to understand why political pundits talk about the demise of the Republican Party when it has such a strong group of future young leaders, as mentioned in Doyle McManus' column. To wit: Kentucky...

McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics

2013-04-07 00:00:00

Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner event, Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Republican Sen.

2013-05-11 23:10:00

This year marked Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Texas) final run at the White House, leaving behind a libertarian legacy that now needs another standard bearer. So who better to take up the flag of limited government than his son and current Kentucky Sen.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention.

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