Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the conference's presidential preference straw poll, a symbolic victory that reflects his popularity among conservatives who typically hold outsized influence in the GOP's presidential selection process.

The momentary phenomenon of a presidential run by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough quickly fizzed on Saturday, and Carson -- targeted by a 'draft committee' -- came in a close third.

Paul joked that he'd been losing sleep at night over the former Secretary of State's financial affairs and asked the audience to take a 'moment of silence' for her wealth.

Paul told the Family Leader he had to skip the group's annual summit - of which he was a sponsor - because he had to attend an event in New York with his family.

'We are lucky Mrs. Clinton didn't get her way and the Obama administration did not bring about regime change in Syria,' the Kentucky senator wrote. 'That new regime might well be ISIS.'

'We should not underestimate the transmissibility' of this disease, Paul told a conservative radio show host.

Paul is already trying to score points for the next election cycle by painting Tuesday night's losses as a failure for Clinton - even though she wasn't on the ballot in any state.

The Kentucky senator wants Congress to vote on a formal declaration of war targeting the Islamic fanatics, with troops used for strikes on its leadership and intelligence-gathering.

The Kentucky senator switched on Washington's buzz machine Tuesday with tweeted photo of a garment sporting a presidential campaign message.

The libertarian firebrand senator started pummelling the presumptive Democratic frontrunner a day before barnstorming through six stops in New Hampshire.

'Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts,' Paul said. 'Join the club.'

The Kentucky senator waded into a contentious science debate with libertarian politics, saying 'the state doesn't own your children.' He shushed a TV host on camera when she cut off his long arguments.

Even before Cruz kicked off his 2016 bid, Paul, 52, had his eye on April 7 as a launch date for his own national campaign. But the fellow Republican's formal announcement helped solidify Paul's plans.

An Iowa Republican Party official says the senator's claims to Washington-outsider status 'won't sell in Iowa, especially since he's walking his views back toward the center.'

Like Paul, the 52-year-old freshman senator who made a name for himself championing issues not typically associated with the GOP, the 'Rand' 2016 SWAG store is unique.

Paul smacked around Clinton at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on the eve of her first visit to the Granite State as a proclaimed 2016 candidate.

On Friday, the Republican lawmaker from Kentucky shared a Snapchat video of himself learning how to play Liar's Poker - a game played with dollar bills - from the debauched social media star.

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.

A pro-Hillary group told the FEC that author Peter Schweizer made an illegal 'in-kind' contribution to Sen. Paul by arming him with presidential campaign dirt on Clinton before his book's publication date.

Donald Trump and his team dined on Burger King on Thursday at 40,000 feet becuase it was 'quick,' after his speech to 1,500 Floridians who are hungry for an alternative to Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.

Christie, a former U.S. attorney who has had to use the Patriot Act, suggested that Paul is not qualified to be crafting federal regulations on the spy agency.

Earl Holt III, the president of the Council of Conservative Citizens whose website Charleston massacre shooter Dylann Roof cited in his 'manifesto', has donated $65,000 to Republicans.

Paul is also a contender for the White House and is aggressively opposed to provisions of the Patriot Act that give the feds access to Americans' phone records so they can look for ties to terrorists.

DEJA VU? Eight days before Trump rival Rick Perry dropped out on September 11, The Donald publicly predicted it – and Perry issued a vehement denial.

In an appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore that airs in full on Monday, Paul tried his hand at comedy.

Ted Cruz is a maniac no more. Donald Trump, who hit the Texas senator just two days ago, saying he wasn't 'qualified' to be president, slammed the breaks on any more attacks.

With Lindsey Graham out, Rand Paul is now the shortest of the GOP candidates and it must have showed. Appearing on The View today the first question posed was about his height.

The Kentucky senator said The Donald's lust for power makes him like the creepy Tolkein character who craves the 'precious' ring. Trump is leading national polls while Paul's numbers are in single digits.

The father of GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul said Wednesday that Republican front-runner Donald Trump may well end up as the party's 2016 nominee instead of his son

Republican presidential hopefuls launched fresh attacks as the latest bombshell in the Hillary Clinton email saga coincided with the final days of their Iowa caucus campaigns.

Carly Fiorina said she is 'horrified' at the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency – so this morning she endorsed Ted Cruz. 'It's time to unite behind Ted Cruz,' she said at a Miami rally.

Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, is the second high-profile member of President Trump's party to suggest the president may not run for re-election in 2020.

The actress was referring to Rene Boucher's attack on his neighbor Paul in heated row over his lack of yard maintenance on November 3.

Republican Senator Rand Paul is urging President Donald Trump to use lie detector tests to root out the author of the anonymous New York Times op-ed. 

The former Daily Show host shamed the Kentucky Republican during an interview with Fox News , branding Paul's decision 'absolutely outrageous.'

In a tweet on Monday, the Republican lawmaker said that he had to have part of his lung removed during the procedure after doctors discovered it was damaged in the assault.

Mike Pompeo and singer-songwriter Linda Ronstadt clashed over the Secretary of State's boss during the Kennedy Center Honors State Department dinner Saturday evening.

Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to call Hunter Biden as an impeachment witness if Democrats persevere and have witnesses testify at President Trump's Senate trial.

Rand Paul, a GOP senator from Kentucky, has tested positive for coronavirus, his office announced Sunday. 'He is feeling fine and is in quarantine,' a tweet from his official Twitter account revealed.

Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois is pushing a bipartisan rules change to allow for remote voting after Sen. Rand Paul tested positive for the coronavirus.

Republican Senator Rand Paul admitted Monday he didn't qualify to be tested for the coronavirus even though he received one and got a positive result.

Sen. Mitt Romney flew home to Utah by private jet after learning that he was exposed to Sen. Rand Paul, who announced Sunday he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump issued a mocking tweet Wednesday about the negative results of Sen. Mitt Romney's coronavirus test.

With the FDA-approval of faster tests that return results at the point-of-care, there's cause for hope that things will speed up, but a Columbia University expert explained why a five-minute test is a misnomer.

Republican Senator Rand Paul said he was not wearing a face mask because he already had the coronavirus and that immunity meant he couldn't transmit it to anyone else. 

It's the hit Channel Ten cooking show that is set to return to screens for the ninth year.

MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston is sick of drama taking precedence over what happens in the kitchen on cooking shows. 

MasterChef Australia made its highly-anticipated return to TV screens on Monday night. 

Australia has come to love the judges on Channel Ten's MasterChef. But Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston have revealed they were originally cast as 'mean' judges.

MasterChef fans tuned in to see a cooking show, only to be furious upon finding it to be more like an 'eating' show.