Republican senator Rand Paul blocks $40bn aid package to Ukraine despite GOP move to pass it Comes despite the fact both parties agreed to pass it The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Congress leaps to action after Supreme Court protests - Roll Call Members of Congress have moved particularly quickly to beef up Supreme Court security and address a wave of protests at homes of justices. Roll Call · May 12, 2022
Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl - Roll Call Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine. Roll Call · May 12, 2022
More results from Tuesday’s primaries Welcome to the Thursday, May 12, Brew. Ballotpedia · May 12, 2022
Likely Senate contest in Kentucky pits ideological opposites U.S. Sen. Rand Paul rarely targets his likely Democratic challenger by name in Kentucky The Independent UK · May 11, 2022
Ukraine aid bill faces familiar Senate procedural obstacles - Roll Call The Senate finds itself in a familiar position after a $40.1 billion emergency funding package for Ukraine passed the House. Roll Call · May 11, 2022
GOP ‘ministry of truth’ slurs against Biden’s disinformation board expose their own political tricks, experts say Republicans are upset about a Biden administration initiative to tackle disinformation because it hits close to home, experts tell Andrew Feinberg The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 20 (April 28, 2022) Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition Ballotpedia · Apr 28, 2022
Blinken tells Rand Paul that Russia has no right to invade ex-Soviet countries in tense exchange Secretary of State was giving testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022
Sen. Rand Paul says Putin only invades countries that ‘were part of Russia’ Memo to Sen. Rand Paul: Ukraine is an independent country, not a Soviet puppet state. Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022
Rand Paul goes to bat for Putin – again Paul suggested that former Soviet republics like Georgia and Moldova don't have the right to self-determination Salon · Apr 26, 2022
Kentucky’s voter guide for the 2022 primary elections Kentucky’s voter guide for the 2022 primary elections WEKU · Apr 25, 2022
The CDC Extends Its Mask Mandate on Planes, Trains, and Buses…Again Plus: Elon Musk offers to buy all of Twitter, China's "zero COVID" policy is reaching its limits, and more... Reason · Apr 14, 2022
Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t hold back a broad smile and a crack in her voice as she guided the Senate’s final steps to confirming the first Black woman to the Supreme Court Thursday. Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022 Crowd, cheers, history as Senate confirms Supreme Court pick Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history
Roll Call · Apr 7, 2022 Democrats revel in history during Supreme Court confirmation vote - Roll Call Democrats marked Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court with smiles, tears and cheers.
Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022 Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law President Joe Biden has signed legislation to finally define lynching as a federal hate crime.
Reuters · Mar 29, 2022 U.S. senators try to avoid weeks-long delay in Russia trade measure U.S. senators scrambled on Tuesday to reach a compromise to avoid further delays before passing legislation revoking "most favored" trade status for Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine, after Republican lawmakers blocked efforts to pass it quickly.
Roll Call · Mar 29, 2022 Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law - Roll Call Hate crime conspiracies leading to serious injury or death would be subject to federal sentences of up to 30 years under the new law.
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022 Republicans seize on Biden’s cheat notes as sign of cognitive decline despite Trump doing the same ‘When you’re around somebody who’s in cognitive decline, you find yourself trying to help them with a sentence, trying to help them complete it’
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022 Rand Paul’s latest legislation would kill an entire federal agency to get rid of Dr Fauci Kentucky senator has repeatedly clashed with public health expert
Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2022 News briefs Once a lone objector, Rand Paul’s name is now on the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 8, 2022 Once a lone objector, Rand Paul’s name is now on the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after Sen. Rand Paul objected to legislation that would make the brutal act of lynching a federal hate crime, the Kentucky Republican signed on as a co-sponsor of a revised version that is now set to become law.
The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022 Ex-Rand Paul aide pardoned by Trump is charged with funneling Russian money into 2016 election Jesse Benton faces between 5 and 20 years in prison if convicted
Axios · Mar 5, 2022 Congress nears passing antilynching bill after more than a century of failed attempts U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is co-sponsoring a Senate version of the antilynching bill after holding up a previous proposal.