Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to task on April 18 for the death of college student Laken Riley, whose alleged killer was released into the country on parole. “How did the murderer of Laken Riley get into this country? And what is the statute that allowed you to do it? […]
Elon Musk extended support to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to lead the Republican Party in the Senate after the current leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), retires this year. On March 8, Mr. Paul held a survey on X, asking people to choose from three candidates for the post of Senate leader—himself, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D), or […]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked by three armed attackers in Washington D.C. on Monday evening but was unharmed, the representative’s office has said. Mr. Cuellar’s chief of staff, Jacob Hochberg, released a statement on the incident Monday night. “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and […]
Newly released video footage shows when one of Sen. Rand Paul’s staff members was brutally stabbed by a knife-wielding assailant in Washington upon leaving a restaurant in March. The surveillance camera footage was obtained by the Washington Post on Tuesday. The shocking video shows how Phillip Todd, a 26-year-old economist working for Mr. Paul, was […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) expressed his concerns about U.S. universities’ subcontracting research programs to Chinese military-affiliated entities. He criticized the Biden administration for not providing information about it, on Thursday at a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on the Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on March 29. It is her first U.S. stopover since 2019 and comes in defiance of threats of retaliation from the Chinese Communist Party. In a heated debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocks his GOP colleague’s efforts to fast-track a ban on TikTok […]
Efforts from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to ban Chinese-owned TikTok on U.S. soil suffered a setback on March 29 when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) opposed the move, arguing the ban would limit free speech. On the Senate floor, Paul objected to Hawley’s request for unanimous consent to fast-track a ban on the viral […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he wouldn’t vaccinate his own children for COVID-19 due to numerous studies reporting an elevated risk of myocarditis—a type of heart inflammation—occurring after vaccination. Paul expressed concerns about heart inflammation risks for children during an interview on The Hill’s “Rising,” arguing that experiencing an adverse reaction after […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken about records on COVID-19 research funding on Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Paul said that the State Department refused to give him the records about COVID-19 research that has been funded by State Department. “We communicated several times over the phone with […]
U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) hold a media availability on Debt Ceiling at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 25. The Epoch Times will livestream the event.
Senator Rand Paul released his annual report on wasteful government spending Friday. It’s called the “Festivus” report, and it shows federal spending waste totaling $482 billion. It’s the eighth edition of the annual report. Some of the highlights include the National Institutes of Health spending $2.3 million injecting beagle puppies with cocaine and $187,500 to […]
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are among the incumbents projected to win their races as the first votes came in for the midterm elections on Nov. 8. With about 13 percent of the votes counted, Paul had 57.6 percent to challenger Charles Booker’s 42 percent. Booker is a former Kentucky representative. Scott, […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for a repeal of the 100-year-old Espionage Act after the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s home on Aug. 8. A longtime critic of concentrated state power, Paul argued on Twitter that the Espionage Act of 1917 has long “been abused” and was used to jail World War I dissenters. […]
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are leading the first congressional hearing on gain-of-function research as part of his ongoing efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 3. Access the livestream on this page. The hearing comes amid intensifying Republican scrutiny […]
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Maggie Hassan (N.H.) are set to lead the first congressional hearing on gain-of-function research as part of his ongoing efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing, scheduled for Aug. 3, comes amid intensifying Republican scrutiny on whether a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci video conferenced in to join a Senate hearing on the Federal Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He tested positive for the virus Wednesday and was at home during the video call. In the hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) had a chance to press Fauci about royalty payments he had received for work at the […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was joined by other high-profile Republicans on an unannounced visit to Kyiv, according to a video shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Instagram. The video, posted on May 14, shows the GOP delegates greeting and shaking hands with Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian politicians, before posing for a group […]
According to recent comments made by Dr. Anthony Fauci, it looks like Americans should brace for more and more vaccine doses. This is interesting to note because Fauci’s comments came just a day after the CEO of Pfizer told a news outlet that they are looking to get their fourth vaccine dose through FDA approval. And during […]
The FDA is authorizing a second pill to treat COVID-19. How effective is it and who can get it? One Chinese city that’s larger than the Big Apple is again under tight lockdown, after reporting over a hundred CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases. How strict are the measures and how are people reacting to it? A senator details […]
