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As presidential candidates have pushed the limits on the platforms, there have been more than a few missteps.
By NICK CORASANITI
Why serve your friends with ordinary glassware when you could be enraging them by bringing politics to the party?
By ANNA NORTH
Voters this season face a bewildering array of candidate-themed Christmas sweaters. This quiz will help you pick the right one.
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
In honor of Festivus, a creation of the Seinfeld TV sitcom, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky partook of that holidays traditional airing of grievances, aiming them at other presidential candidates.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
With the 2015 legislative session in the books, C-Span has gone to the tape to see which White House contenders had remained productive, and which missed roll-call votes.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
Rubio supporters sent a mailing to Iowa Republicans this week criticizing Mr. Cruz for not condemning Edward J. Snowden.
By FIRST DRAFT
Star Wars mania even takes hold at the White House, and among leading politicians.
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
They may be stuck in rope lines rather than movie-ticket lines, but some 2016 presidential candidates certainly have Star Wars on the mind as the latest installment of the franchise is released in the United States.
By NICK CORASANITI
The Timess political editor, Carolyn Ryan, and the national political correspondent Jonathan Martin chat about the Republican field after the partys final debate of 2015.
By SUSAN LEHMAN
The Republican face-off on Tuesday focused on national security, making it clear that the issues of terrorism and immigration had become linked both on the trail and in the polls, a development that seems to favor the current crop of front-runners.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
How his foreign policy monologue at the debate helps explain his unusual appeal.
By ROSS DOUTHAT
The Republican debate covered mostly national security concerns and was more substantive than previous forums. But there were still plenty of heated moments from the candidates and attempts to get under one anothers skin.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
Political observers were quick to assess the last Republican presidential debate of 2015, but there was no agreement on a clear victor.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
On Tuesday night, the other Republican candidates put a few dings in The Donald.
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
The candidates united to attack Mr. Trumps plan to bar Muslims, and Mr. Rubio faced tough questions about his conservative credentials and his judgment.
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN
See what the candidates are saying about gun control, immigration and more, and how their positions align with the American people.
By WILSON ANDREWS and THOMAS KAPLAN
Donald J. Trumps support among Republicans has cracked the 40 percent threshold, according to a national poll released on Monday that shows the billionaire real estate mogul pulling away from his rivals after his proposal to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT and TRIP GABRIEL
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky will retain his place on the main stage when the Republican presidential candidates debate on Tuesday, CNN said on Sunday.
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Aides to Senator Rand Paul indicated that they would fight any decision by CNN to move him to the so-called undercard stage for the Republican debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
Seemingly taking a cue from Donald J. Trump, the Republican field is cursing in public at a rate unheard of in modern presidential politics.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
See what the candidates are saying about gun control, immigration and more, and how their positions align with the American people.
By WILSON ANDREWS and THOMAS KAPLAN
We checked the accuracy of candidates remarks in the Republican debate in Milwaukee.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
For nearly three hours on Wednesday, the Republican presidential candidates sparred over policy, political tactics and, occasionally, physical appearance.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and ASHLEY PARKER
The rambunctious presidential debate Thursday night left some Republican candidates shining and others stung. Here are some highlights and low lights from the prime-time showdown.
By MICHAEL BARBARO and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Polls get most of the attention, but at this early stage, endorsements and fund-raising are more important.
A look at the line-up for Thursday nights debate in Cleveland, the first of the Republican primary contest, which will be broadcast by Fox News, and how each candidate could gain with a strong performance.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
Forget about waiting in line to get your baby kissed or your lawn sign autographed. Here is a gallery of campaign-trail selfies with presidential hopefuls.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Heres a look at how some of the 2016 presidential candidates and hopefuls have been telling the tales of their fathers on the campaign trail.
By NICK CORASANITI
The Republican party has 16 major presidential candidates this cycle three times the number of Democrats and more than any other field in recent history.
By ALICIA PARLAPIANO
How the teams behind some likely and announced 2016 candidates are connected to previous campaigns, administrations and organizations.
By GREGOR AISCH and KAREN YOURISH
A selection of clips from presidential hopefuls jockeying to be champions of the middle class without actually using the term, which has now become a precarious word in the American psyche.
See what Americans think about Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Republican candidates and issues like the health care law and same-sex marriage.
Highlights as the 2016 presidential hopefuls make their way down a familiar path, perhaps to yes. There are four loosely defined stages.
Quynhanh Do
Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, spoke about immigration and the Latino vote at the Iowa Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner in Cedar Rapids in May 2013.
Axel Gerdau
Senator Rand Paul has promised to change the Republican party, but he faces challenges bridging libertarian and conservative orthodoxy on four issues.
Quynhanh Do
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky announced his 2016 presidential run at an event in Louisville, Ky.
Reuters
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday in Louisville. Here is a look at what he will need to do if he hopes to win.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday in Louisville. Here is a look at what he will need to do if he hopes to win.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Rand Paul spoke in Lawrenceburg, Ky. in April 2010, during his successful Senate campaign.
Where Republican presidential contenders have traveled to make their pitches to groups of high-level donors.
He was supposed to be the outsider candidate whom voters embraced. Too bad they had lots of other options.
By EMMA ROLLER
Donald J. Trump repeated a debunked claim that vaccines are linked with autism, and health experts worried it might discourage parents from getting them.
By SABRINA TAVERNISE and CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
Jesse Benton, who was the campaign manager for Ron Paul, is accused of paying a former Iowa state lawmaker for his support in the caucuses.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
The Paul plan promises a big tax cut for everyone, but analyses show it would be a big tax cut for high earners and a wash for for everyone else.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The campaigns of Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul received donations from the leader of the white supremacist group tied to Dylann Roof, the suspect of the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
A closer look at the presidential candidates new proposal for what he is calling a business-activity tax.
By JOSH BARRO
The partys 2016 field raises the question: How can you be forward-looking if youre backward-acting?
By FRANK BRUNI
Backers of Ron Paul, who had been reluctant to support his son Rand, are warming up to Rand Pauls positions on the N.S.A. and on foreign intervention.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Mr. Paul took to the Senate floor on Sunday evening to fulfill his promise to use his power as a single senator to try to assure that a data collection program would expire at midnight.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
The governments authority to sweep up bulk phone data in the hunt for terrorists expired temporarily at 12:01 a.m. Monday, but the Senate indicated that legislation to curtail the program is likely to pass this week.
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and JONATHAN WEISMAN
A marathon speech on the Senate floor sounded an alarm about civil liberties abuses.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Senator Rand Paul, a Republican presidential candidate, has become an unambiguous opponent of renewing the governments power to collect data on citizens private communications.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
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- DHS pick Mullin defends record, spars with Rand Paul at confirmation hearing - The Washington Post - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Mullin responds to Sen. Rand Paul's criticism in opening statement - NBC News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- 'Tell the world why': Sen. Rand Paul says Markwayne Mullin condoned violence against him - KOCO - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Rand Paul demands apology from Mullin over comments on assault | CNN Politics - CNN - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Ill be a no: Rand Paul says hell oppose Markwayne Mullins DHS bid - NBC News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Mullin gets rocky reception from Rand Paul at combative DHS confirmation hearing - The Hill - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Rand Paul says hes a no vote on Mullin for DHS secretary - The Hill - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Mullin confronted about 'anger issues' by Rand Paul in tense DHS confirmation hearing - News From The States - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
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- Thune: Rand Paul, Mullin have some personal history they must work through - The Hill - March 20th, 2026 [March 20th, 2026]
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- Sen Rand Paul grills Mullin on past comments on assault: 'Tell it to my face' - Fox News - March 20th, 2026 [March 20th, 2026]
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