
On Thursday’s “Kennedy” on the Fox Business Network, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, defended his positions on national security and foreign policy and pointed out that in his view it is paying dividends
by Jeff Poor11 Jun 2015, 9:38 PM PST0

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appeared undecided about a presidential run when he sat down with “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson this weekend.
by Dan Riehl7 Jun 2015, 3:31 PM PST0

Tuesday in in Orlando at the Florida Economic Growth Summit, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) said he was “upset” and “deeply troubled” about the debate over the NSA encroaching upon American’s civil liberties by the warrantless collection of bulk data that
by Pam Key2 Jun 2015, 2:40 PM PST0

The Senate voted 67-32 Tuesday afternoon to pass the House’s USA Freedom Act without any of the amendments offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
by Alex Swoyer2 Jun 2015, 2:07 PM PST0

Sunday night, leading up to the expiration of the Patriot Act, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie joined Host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News’ Sunday radio program to discuss implications of the deadline passing and what to expect in the days ahead.
by Michelle Moons2 Jun 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

The Senate will move forward on to a vote today on the USA Freedom Act.
by Alex Swoyer2 Jun 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) stance on the Patriot Act and the NSA’s bulk surveillance isn’t playing well with colleagues in his own party, but it has definitely made him more recognized on social media.
by Alex Swoyer1 Jun 2015, 6:06 PM PST0

Over the weekend, three provisions of the Patriot Act expired thanks to the machinations of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). That expiration drew the ire of major political figures from both sides of the aisle.
by Ben Shapiro1 Jun 2015, 3:41 PM PST0

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper asked former top Obama advisor and new CNN contributor Dan Pfeiffer if Americans don’t trust government because President Barack Obama didn’t hold the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper responsible for “lying”
by Pam Key1 Jun 2015, 2:57 PM PST0

Rand Paul (R-KY) a day earlier in which he said that some of his colleagues may have been desirous of a terror attack in order to score political points against him. Limbaugh said Paul may have gone a little too
by Jeff Poor1 Jun 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Rand Paul has planted his flag on some difficult ground, and quite frankly, successful presidential candidates don’t throw themselves into heavy intra-party fire and sustain major political wounds to prove ideological points. Perhaps he would do well to reconstruct his argument to emphasize the libertarian points where more of the Republican Party agrees with him, and more of the ever-shifting middle of the American electorate would be willing to listen.
by John Hayward1 Jun 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

Paul criticized—without naming names—GOP senators including Marco Rubio of Florida, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and other Republicans like Jeb Bush for failing to listen to voters about their concerns with the NSA program.
by Matthew Boyle1 Jun 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Rand Rand Paul (R-KY) declared a “huge victory,” even though the Senate moved forward the USA Freedom Act 77-17, to reform the National Security Agency on Sunday night, as Paul was able to
by Pam Key1 Jun 2015, 7:30 AM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session.
by Breitbart News31 May 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) – a vocal opponent of the USA Patriot Act – said Sunday evening during Senate debates that the House’s USA Freedom Act, which slightly alters the original Patriot Act, will “ultimately pass” but that he hopes tonight ends the bulk collection process.
by Alex Swoyer31 May 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

On this weekends “Fox News Sunday.” the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), former U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden said Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) opposition to the proposed reforms of the Patriot
by Pam Key31 May 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

This weekend on “Fox News Sunday,” network senior political analyst Brit Hume discussed the looming crisis over the expiration of the Patriot Act because of the fight over the NSA metadata collection program and said President Barack Obama has a hard time putting
by Pam Key31 May 2015, 7:56 AM PST0

President Obama said that some US Senators opposing the USA Freedom Act “are trying to use this debate to score political points” during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. As President and Commander in Chief, my greatest responsibility
by Ian Hanchett30 May 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Friday from the White House, President Barack Obama made an announcement about the need for the Senate to pass the Patriot Act reform bill The Freedom Act, before the Sunday deadline comes. In an awkward moment after the announcement, the
by Pam Key29 May 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

Friday at the White House press briefing, when asked about Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) fight against the Patriot Act highlighted in a new ad from America’s Liberty PAC featuring a “shirtless Rand Paul,” press secretary Josh Earnest said his interest
by Pam Key29 May 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul’s America’s Liberty Super PAC is out with a new ad attacking Sen. Ted Cruz as a “Canadian” who supports President Obama on domestic surveillance extensions in the Patriot Act.
by Charlie Spiering29 May 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

New Jersey Governor and prospective Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie defended the Patriot Act and criticized Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul’s ISIS remarks as not “backed up by any type of fact” in an interview set to air
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker expressed his disagreement with Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul on ISIS and the NSA on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Walker began
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress wrestles over renewing the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, federal law enforcement officials are warning that legal authority is also at risk for lesser-known surveillance tools that are even more valuable in fighting terrorism.
by Breitbart News27 May 2015, 7:05 PM PST0

Representative Peter King (R-NY) criticized Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul for being “consumed by the NSA” and making it “the villain” “when it’s Al Qaeda, it’s ISIS, it’s this whole array of Islamist terrorists we’re against” on
by Ian Hanchett25 May 2015, 2:57 PM PST0