Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he was tested a week ago for the novel coronavirus, but continued working at the Capitol because he “felt that it was highly unlikely” he was sick since he had no symptoms of the illness

Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky becomes first US senator to test positive for coronavirus.

This makes Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the third member of Congress to announce a positive diagnosis for COVID-19.

Chief Justice John Roberts made the decision not to read one of Sen. Rand Paul’s, R–Ky., questions during Thursday’s impeachment trial in the Senate.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle came away with vastly different interpretations of two classified briefings that top administration officials held on Wednesday about the airstrike last week that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Speaking alongside Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said, “I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal, factual and moral...

The New York City Medical Examiner has identified another person killed in the September 11 terror attacks, the 1,644th victim identified

Directly challenging President Donald Trump’s use of executive power, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are banding together to introduce more than a dozen resolutions aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The maneuver amounts to a remarkable display of bipartisan pushback to Trump’s foreign policy and threatens to tangle the Senate in a series...

Within months of Kamala Harris’ swearing-in in Washington as California’s first African American U.S. senator, she sponsored a bill urging states to eliminate cash bail, denouncing the system as a scourge on the poor and communities of color. That position would become a key part of her criminal justice reform platform. But her choice surprised some bail reform advocates back...

Vice President Mike Pence says he’s “100 percent confident” that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump’s leadership. “I know them. I know their character,” Pence said in a taped interview aired Sunday by CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Some pundits had speculated that Pence could be the “senior administration...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans. It’s a subject Democrats plan to grill Kavanaugh about during his confirmation hearings scheduled to begin next Tuesday. Beyond his writings as an appeals court judge, some senators suspect Kavanaugh was...

Like the other Capitol Hill also-rans against Trump — Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz — Rubio is finding his way in the Trump-era Republican Party, testing whether there is room for his own brand of conservatism.

While in Moscow this week, Sen. Rand Paul delivered a letter from President Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Paul said Wednesday. NBC News reported that Paul was “honored” to deliver the note, which the White House described as a “letter of introduction” that “mentioned topics of interest that Senator Paul wanted to discuss with President Putin.” Paul, a...

A United States senator who met with Russian lawmakers in Moscow said he invited them to visit Washington and they accepted Monday. Sen. Rand Paul said during a trip to Russia that American and Russian legislators need closer contact, noting that “our biggest problem right now is no dialogue.” The Kentucky Republican said after meeting with members of the foreign...

Google Maps will begin using local landmarks as reference points in its voice directions. The feature is currently being tested. News4’s Susan Hogan reports.

Donald Trump’s outsider candidacy rattled the conservative movement. But more than a year into his presidency, the onetime Democrat now holds what seems to be a near-total grip. The largest annual gathering of conservatives has all the looks of a Trump festival, with Republican critics absent from the event outside the nation’s capital. Republicans are facing a challenging election season,...

The man accused of tackling U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in the Kentucky lawmaker’s yard has been charged with assaulting a member of Congress as part of a federal plea agreement. And his lawyer echoed what’s long been suggested by neighbors: The attack stemmed from a dispute about yard maintenance. Rene Boucher has signed the plea agreement but no date has...

Senator Rand Paul was attacked from behind while mowing his lawn Sunday afternoon. Rene Boucher, Paul’s neighbor, hit the senator, breaking five of his ribs, and was charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

A longtime neighbor accused of assaulting U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and breaking six of his ribs pleaded not guilty to assault in court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Thursday. Rene Boucher pleaded not guilty to a fourth-degree assault charge in connection with the attack as Paul mowed his lawn in the neighborhood where they both live. Boucher was wearing a suit...

Disagreement between Sen. Rand Paul and his neighbor over the senator’s politics and his property line were possible motives in the Sunday attack that left the Kentucky lawmaker with five broken ribs, a source told NBC News on Monday. Paul was wearing headphones while mowing his lawn in Bowling Green, Kentucky, when he was attacked from behind by Rene Boucher,...

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was recovering Sunday from five broken ribs after he was assaulted by a neighbor who tackled him from behind at the senator’s Kentucky home, officials said. Senior Adviser Doug Stafford said it is unclear when the Republican will return to work since he is in considerable pain and has difficulty getting around, including flying. Stafford said...