http://www.mail.com/people/8184-rand-paul.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/8184-rand-paul.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2153116-christie-maintains-political-balancing.html CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is walking a political tightrope as he charts his future, trying to balance his re-election campaign in a Democratic-leaning state with a potential presidential bid aimed at winning over Republicans. His latest challenge came in an appearance with former President Bill Clinton in Chicago, a move ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:35:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2153116-christie-maintains-political-balancing.html 2013-06-14T23:35:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150602-rand-pauls-nsa-rebukes-help-hurt-2016.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the handful of tea party-backed Republicans eyeing a 2016 presidential bid, Sen. Rand Paul is emerging as the most forceful in pushing libertarian principles, especially on anti-terrorism issues. Rather than playing it politically safe, the Kentucky freshman is attacking government surveillance programs that many other Republicans — a... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:13:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2150602-rand-pauls-nsa-rebukes-help-hurt-2016.html 2013-06-13T22:13:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148538-debate-social-issues-emerges.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A fresh debate has erupted within the GOP over social issues. Republicans in Congress and statehouses across the nation are pressing for restrictive abortion measures just three months after party leaders warned against emphasizing divisive cultural topics. Prominent religious conservatives also are pushing the party to embrace limits on... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:49:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148538-debate-social-issues-emerges.html 2013-06-13T19:49:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148548-nsa-head-spy-programs-thwarted-terror-attacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Once-secret surveillance programs were crucial in enabling the U.S. government to thwart dozens of terrorist attacks, says the director of the National Security Agency in a forceful defense of spy operations that have stirred fears of government snooping and violations of privacy rights. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, in his first congressio... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:53:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148548-nsa-head-spy-programs-thwarted-terror-attacks.html 2013-06-13T07:53:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146010-nsa-director-programs-disrupted-dozens-attacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks without offering details. In his first congressional testimony since revelations about the top-... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146010-nsa-director-programs-disrupted-dozens-attacks.html 2013-06-12T22:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146018-border-security-issue-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border security measures before millions living illegally in the country could take the first steps toward U.S. citizenship. Even modest changes were snared in the political crossfire that erupted on the... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:11:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146018-border-security-issue-immigration-bill.html 2013-06-12T22:11:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146016-nsa-debate-pits-left-middle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with libertarian-leaning Republicans, say the government actions are too broad and don't adequately protect citizens' pr... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:57:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146016-nsa-debate-pits-left-middle.html 2013-06-12T07:57:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140112-ayotte-to-immigration-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized "the broken immigration system we have now" as "unworthy of a great nation." In a television interview and in a longer statement on her website, the New Hampshire senator became one of the first Repu... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:21:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140112-ayotte-to-immigration-overhaul.html 2013-06-09T18:21:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2135904-obama-govt-records-sweep-targeting-americans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday that America is "going to have to make some choices" balancing privacy and security, launching a vigorous defense of formerly secret programs that sweep up an estimated 3 billion phone calls a day and amass Internet data from U.S. providers in an attempt to thwart terror attacks. He warned that it w... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:07:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2135904-obama-govt-records-sweep-targeting-americans.html 2013-06-07T23:07:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2137112-gop-senator-introduces-bill-nsa-surveillance.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Rand Paul has introduced legislation that would require a warrant before any government agency could search the phone records of Americans. Responding to the furor over the disclosure of the National Security Agency program, Paul says the bill introduced Friday is intended to stop the NSA from spying on U.S. citizens. The bill sa... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:56:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2137112-gop-senator-introduces-bill-nsa-surveillance.html 2013-06-07T17:56:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130628-obama-names-outspoken-rice-security-adviser.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that she misled the nation in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. The appointment, along with the nominatio... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130628-obama-names-outspoken-rice-security-adviser.html 2013-06-06T00:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130344-rubio-hears-house-conservatives-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sought support from House conservatives Wednesday for far-reaching immigration legislation, but many lawmakers emerged from their meeting deeply skeptical of any comprehensive bill with a pathway to citizenship for immigrants here illegally. It underscored the challenges ahead for the immigration bill and for Ru... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:08:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130344-rubio-hears-house-conservatives-immigration.html 2013-06-05T21:08:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2122660-paul-gop-to-bigger-party.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that Republicans could appeal to a broader electorate in blue states like California by connecting with voters who have shunned the party in the past and by being big enough to agree to disagree on some issues. Paul, who is considering a presidential campaign in 2016, said the path to victory needs bot... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:12:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2122660-paul-gop-to-bigger-party.html 2013-06-01T03:12:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party. Tactics for dealing with the government's budget and debt became the latest qua... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html 2013-05-23T22:51:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102276-republican-divisions-hinder-partys-momentum.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-leaning and more mainstream Republicans were on vivid display Tuesday as Sens. Rand Paul and John McCain clashed ... Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102276-republican-divisions-hinder-partys-momentum.html 2013-05-22T11:23:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102018-will-senate-bid-lure-rogers-house-seat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and launches a bid for the U.S. Se... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102018-will-senate-bid-lure-rogers-house-seat.html 2013-05-22T07:16:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war. With a degree of trepidation, the Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 for a bill that would pr... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html 2013-05-21T21:24:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098694-gop-leaders-impeachment-talk-premature.html CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098694-gop-leaders-impeachment-talk-premature.html 2013-05-21T00:43:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2096066-white-house-insists-obama-was-involved-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers. Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White House on the defensive, senior adv... Sun, 19 May 2013 15:25:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2096066-white-house-insists-obama-was-involved-irs.html 2013-05-19T15:25:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094950-why-benghazi-issue-coming.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why were a diplomatic outpost and the visiting U.S. ambassador left so poorly protected? Should the Pentagon have ru... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:26:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094950-why-benghazi-issue-coming.html 2013-05-19T12:26:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091516-congress-rethinks-911-law-military-force.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. Senior Pentagon officials insisted on Thursday that the law should remain unchanged as the... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091516-congress-rethinks-911-law-military-force.html 2013-05-16T20:17:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083728-govt-probe-obtains-wide-swath-ap-phone-records.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the wo... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083728-govt-probe-obtains-wide-swath-ap-phone-records.html 2013-05-14T17:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to point a finger at people more senior than wher... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:53:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html 2013-05-12T18:53:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076120-gops-rand-paul-raises-profile-with-eye-2016.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul is doing much more than "considering" running for president. The Kentucky Republican is clearing a path to seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with a series of upcoming early primary state visits, a beefed-up political operation and a plan to raise his profile. His national coming-ou... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:56:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076120-gops-rand-paul-raises-profile-with-eye-2016.html 2013-05-10T07:56:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up Thursday in the form of sweeping overhaul legislation. "There can be no shortcuts to citizenship f... Thu, 09 May 2013 07:09:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html 2013-05-09T07:09:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070242-despite-scandal-ex-sc-gov-sanford-office.html CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Four years after scandal derailed his political career, ex-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford once again holds a South Carolina political office, winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday after a race in which he battled his past and an opponent who outdid him in fundraising. Sanford's resurrection was completed when he defeated De... Wed, 08 May 2013 02:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070242-despite-scandal-ex-sc-gov-sanford-office.html 2013-05-08T02:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067960-ex-sc-gov-sanford-political-office.html CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford revived a scandal-scarred political career by winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat in three decades. The comeback was complete when he defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert... Wed, 08 May 2013 02:06:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067960-ex-sc-gov-sanford-political-office.html 2013-05-08T02:06:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069748-gop-stronger-borders-immigration-bill-will-die.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Landmark immigration legislation is doomed to fail in Congress unless border-security provisions are greatly strengthened, Republican senators bluntly warned on Tuesday. "If in fact the American people can't trust that the border is controlled, you're never going to be able to pass this bill," declared Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, top Re... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069748-gop-stronger-borders-immigration-bill-will-die.html 2013-05-08T00:58:28Z