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Sen Paul Files Civil Suit Against His Neighbor Following Attack…

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Bowling Green filed a lawsuit against the neighbor who admitted assaulting him in front of his house. In the civil complaint, which was filed Friday in Warren Circuit Court, the Republican senator seeks an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages from Rene Boucher for “physical pain and mental suffering” […]

Neighbor Pleads Guilty in Sen. Rand Paul Attack…

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The neighbor of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul pleaded guilty to attacking Paul. Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting the Senator resulting in personal injury, a felony under federal law. Boucher tackled Paul in November while he was mowing his lawn, causing multiple fractured ribs and he subsequently contracted and required medical attention for pneumonia. Boucher […]

Donald Trump’s Most Casually Broken Promise…

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Politicians break campaign promises all the time. Some are big promises, some are small. But few have been broken as completely, as brazenly, and as casually as Donald Trump’s promise not to play golf, or at least not to play a lot of golf, as president. Candidate Trump told campaign crowds many, many times that […]

Shutdown Draws Near as Paul Delays Budget Vote…

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is blocking the Senate from speeding up a budget agreement as Congress lurches closer to a lapse in funding for the federal government. Both the Senate and House need to pass the two-year budget deal, which includes a stopgap funding bill, by midnight Thursday to prevent the second shutdown in less […]

Senate Votes To Reauthorize FISA Without Substantial Reforms…

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The Senate voted Thursday 65 to 34 to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — a piece of legislation that was recently set to expire — without significant changes to the government’s surveillance apparatus. The bill, which passed the House 256-164 last week, extends Section 702 of the FISA program for six years if […]

The House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Bill is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing…

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House leadership is about to make another attempt at what it failed to do in December: push through an updated version of the House Intelligence Committee’s FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 by claiming the bill is a surveillance reform measure. The bill would reauthorize and expand – rather than reform – Section 702 of […]

Lawmakers Will Duke It Out Over Surveillance Bill, Section 702, on Thursday…

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A bicameral and bipartisan group of lawmakers is threatening to block legislation in the House that would extend a controversial spying program. Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash, joined by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and roughly a dozen other Republicans and Democrats from both chambers of Congress railed against Section 702 of the […]

House GOP Plan for Separate Section 702 Law, ‘Dead for Now’…

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House Republicans’ plans to vote on a stand-alone bill to renew a controversial surveillance authority are dead “for now,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told reporters less than 24 hours after lawmakers scheduled a Rules Committee vote on the measure. GOP lawmakers will attempt to hash out stark divisions in a conference meeting […]

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