The president's spokesman said this afternoon that the Obama does not have the ability to alter the program with a swish of his pen as Paul demanded.

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.

'People here in town think I’m making a huge mistake,' he said Sunday. 'Some of them, I think, secretly want there to be an attack on the United States so they can blame it on me.'

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.

Other predict a pair of 9/11 era former governors who have been out of office for roughly a decade and are polling at one percent or under will be the next to go: Jim Gilmore and George Pataki.

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.

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.

Libertarian Senator Rand Paul actually made it onto the main stage at Thursday night's Republican presidential primary debate - kind of.

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.

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.

Rick Santorum will follow Rand Paul's lead and quit the Republican race for the White house today. They failed to make headway in Iowa and had little standing in polls for New Hampshire.

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.

On Tuesday, both President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan pooh-poohed Senate Republicans for not being able to get an Obamacare repeal bill done.

President Donald Trump hit the golf links on Sunday with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul – days after handing Paul a pen for an executive action as he seeks to undo Obamacare.

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.

Rand Paul struggled to breathe and speak as he gave his first interview about an alleged attack by neighbor Rene Boucher in Kentucky which left him with six broken ribs and fluid around his lung.

Rene Boucher, 59, told neighbor Rand Paul that he hadn't be able to sell his house for ten years because of the woodland behind Paul's property, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Kelley Paul, Sen. Rand Paul's wife, shamed the media in an op-ed for CNN and updated the world on her husband's condition, after he was attacked by a neighbor earlier this month.

MSNBC's Kasie Hunt has apologized for apparently gloating over an attack that left Republican Senator Rand Paul hospitalized. She said that it was one of her 'favorite stories' while on air.

Rand Paul said that for four or five weeks after Rene Boucher allegedly attacked him at his home in Bowling Green and left him with broken ribs and fluid buildup in his chest he was in a 'living hell.'

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.

Rene Boucher is facing 21 months in jail for tackling the Senator on the front lawn of his Bowling Green home in November last year.

Republican Senator Rand Paul (left) has declared himself opposed, meaning that at least one Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee would have to support Pompeo (right) to pass a recommendation.

A man has been arrested after threatening to chop up Republican Sen. Rand Paul and his family with an ax.

Sen. Rand Paul is demanding former CIA chief John Brennan, who called President Trump's remarks in his press conference with Vladimir Putin 'treasonous,' lose his security clearance.

Sen. Rand Paul says the letter 'emphasized the importance of further engagement' including on 'countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and resuming cultural exchanges.'

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. 

Kelley Paul said she feels frightened amid calls from Democrat supporters to increase hostility against Republicans and has increased security at home in Bowling Green, Kentucky

Republican Sen. Rand Paul said he will vote for a resolution denying President Trump emergency powers to build his border wall, a move that could set up the first presidential veto.

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

Paul said if Omar visited the country where she was born, 'she might come back and appreciate America more.' Omar retweeted an attack on Paul from anti-Trump actor Tom Arnold.

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.

Republican Senator Rand Paul was blasted by a diner at a restaurant on Friday who told him she would not tolerate his 'Republican bulls**t.' Paul is in California to promote his new book.

The Republican senator for Kentucky (pictured) yesterday said he was 'convinced' he knew the name and warned he could even reveal it on the Senate floor.

Festivus came early this year, with Sen. Rand Paul dropping his annual Festivus Report 2019 before Monday's Seinfeldian holiday.

Rand Paul, a Republican senator, ripped into Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Monday as he participated in a part serious, part sarcastic 'airing of grievances.'

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

Fans take to Twitter to troll MasterChef judge George Calombaris for profusely sweating while tasting a contestant's chicken wing and waffle dish

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.