Tag: Sen. Rand Paul

Trump Takes Legal Action to Block DOJ From Reviewing Raid Material; Wisconsin School Board Bans Pride, BLM Flags | NTD Evening News

Former President Donald Trump filed a motion on Aug. 22 asking a federal judge to block the DOJ from reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago until a “special master” is appointed to oversee the handling of the materials. A school board in Wisconsin has banned teachers from displaying political messages in classrooms, including pride flags and…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: Congresswoman Dies in Car Crash; Senate Leads First Gain-of-Function Research Hearing Since Pandemic | NTD Evening News

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed on Aug. 3 that a Republican congresswoman died in a car crash. Sen. Rand Paul leads Congress’s first hearing on gain-of-function research since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media:…


Congresswoman Dies in Car Crash; Senate Leads First Gain-of-Function Research Hearing Since Pandemic | NTD Evening News

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed on Aug. 3 that a Republican congresswoman died in a car crash. Sen. Rand Paul leads Congress’s first hearing on gain-of-function research since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media:…


Rand Paul to Introduce Amendments to Senate Gun Bill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will put forward amendments to a Senate gun bill hammered out between Republicans and Democrats over weeks of closed-door negotiations. The bill, coming in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two adults dead, has received mixed reactions on Capitol Hill. Some provisions have…


Five GOP Senators Seek Info From NIH Acting Director on Royalty Payments to Feds

Five Republican senators have asked National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak for a comprehensive accounting of every royalty payment by an outside source to an employee of the federal agency since 2009. “We believe that the American taxpayer deserves to know 1) the degree to which government doctors and researchers have a…


Senate Votes to Pass $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Bill

The U.S. Senate on May 19 voted to pass a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, overruling the objections of a few scattered Republican voices who had opposed the bill. The 86–11 vote saw members of both parties join in support of the legislation, which had previously stalled due to objections from Sen. Rand Paul…


US Borrowing Money From China to Fund Ukraine: Sen. Rand Paul

The United States can’t afford to send money to Ukraine without borrowing from China and taking on more debt to finance its obligations, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in a May 18 interview on the Breitbart News Daily Podcast. On May 16, a bipartisan majority of U.S. senators voted to advance a $40 billion Ukraine aid…


Senate Advances $40 Billion Ukraine Bill, Overruling Sen. Rand Paul’s Objections

The Senate on May 16 decided in a bipartisan vote to advance a $40 billion military aid package to Ukraine, invoking cloture on debate over the objections of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The 80–11 vote included the support of vast swaths of both parties; 11 Republicans voted against invoking cloture. The bill will now await…


Senate to Advance $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Despite Objections by Sen. Rand Paul

The U.S. Senate on May 16 will vote to end debate on a controversial $40 billion aid package to Ukraine that was originally stalled over objections from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The bill, the latest in a series of billion-dollar aid packages to the European nation, was blocked by Paul on May 11, even though House…


Sen. Paul Delays Vote on $40 Billion Ukraine Package, Calls for Spending Oversight

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday delayed the Senate’s vote to pass a nearly $40 billion aid package for Ukraine that would provide the nation with further military and economic assistance amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. While leaders were unanimous in their agreement to proceed with passing the package this week, Paul refused to do so…