"Speaking ill" of his fellow Republicans, presidential candidate Rand Paul flagrantly violated Ronald Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" on Sunday when he slammed some of his GOP colleagues over their hawkish foreign policy.
Graham unexpectedly made the semi-announcement on Fox News Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham is almost positive that he will enter the 2016 presidential race, but he will be a longshot against the other well-funded Republican nominee hopefuls, according to Fox News.
Rand Paul's transition from Senate troublemaker to "official" presidential candidate has been "a rocky one," the first days following the Kentucky senator's announcement that he would seek the White House in 2016 show.
On his first morning as an "official" candidate in the 2016 White House race, Rand Paul clashed with NBC's Savannah Guthrie on the "Today" show when the host aggressively questioned the Kentucky senator on his foreign policy.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul officially launched his bid in the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday. Republican Sen. Rand Paul officially launched his bid in the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday.
Potential Republican presidential nominees are now realizing the issue of immigration will be an important one in the upcoming 2016 election, and some are changing views accordingly.
Republican presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Jeb Bush both made a point of taking their campaigns to the technological cutting edge this week when they used the iOS video-streaming app Meerkat to broadcast their appearances.
Senate Democrats are blasting a bill from a Republican U.S. senator called the Birthright Citizenship Act, which would stop granting U.S. citizenship to U.S.-born children whose parents are undocumented immigrants.
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced a landmark bill that would do away with federal restrictions on the medicinal use of marijuana. The drug is still technically a so-called "Schedule I" substance under federal law and exposes users to potential investigation and arrest.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is on a mission to kill a proposal that would ban armor-piercing "green tip" bullets. The Republican, widely considered a presidential hopeful in the 2016 White House race, urged his backers to flood the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with public comments to get the agency to back off the initiative.
Hillary Clinton failed to protect the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and "defend our ambassador," and her decisions as secretary of State should "preclude her from even being considered for the higher office," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Yahoo News on Wednesday
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has made it known about his interest in the 2016 presidential election, and he has taken an extra step with the hiring of a former Mitt Romney campaign aide.
Hillary Clinton is not only the undisputed (if undeclared) frontrunner among Democrats in the 2016 White House race, but the former secretary of state also handily beats her competitors - in her own party and the GOP - when it comes to Twitter followers.
Three senators seen as top contenders for the 2016 Republican ticket on Sunday flocked to a "conversation" hosted by the Koch brothers' Freedom Partners that offered "a preview of the GOP primary debates that begin in August."
Charles and David Koch control Koch Industries, the second largest privately owned company in the U.S. In 2013, the company had revenues of $115 billion.
Ted Cruz runs little risk of being called a "moderate Republican," and that is a good thing as far as he is concerned. The Texas senator believes that the GOP needs to stir away from the political center and pick a staunch conservative for its 2016 White House bid.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he will "actively explore" a run for the White House in 2016. The son of George H.W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush - the 41st and 43rd presidents of the United States, respectively - took to Facebook and Twitter to make the announcement.
Not even a month has passed since President Barack Obama announced an executive order on immigration, but it has already been threatened by legal and legislative action.
