Rand Paul careful about where family resemblance begins and ends in Iowa
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — Rand Paul’s potential bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is off to a promising start in the crucial state of Iowa, thanks in part to the fact that his father is Ron Paul. The family name opens important doors to networks of potential volunteers and contributors. It draws people to take a close look at a man who’s only in his first Senate term. But Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ultimately has to make it on his own. And that won’t be easy.Read more
Kentucky activist to IRS: 'Apology not accepted'
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
In February 2012, conservative activist Eric Wilson of Georgetown began claiming in news releases that the IRS was delaying his group's application for special tax status by asking personal questions.Read more
For GOP House Whip Kevin McCarthy, the job is politics with a side of pizza
| |Saturday, May. 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is a genial man with a confounding job.Read more
Rand Paul visits Iowa, triggers talk of 2016 White House bid
| |Saturday, May. 11, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sen. Rand Paul brought his national ambitions to Iowa on Friday, ripping potential Democratic rival Hillary Clinton while urging his own Republican Party to broaden its appeal as he campaigned like it was already 2016.Read more
Obama aides scramble to defend edits to Benghazi talking points
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration insisted Friday that it acted in good faith and not to protect itself when it eliminated references to al Qaida and an allied group in talking points about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.Read more
