Opinion – Bill Straub: Massie is in no rush to make a judgment about his future but it must be on his mind
With seven months remaining for him to create holy Hell on Capitol Hill, on subjects ranging from the Epstein Papers…
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Opinion – Al Cross: Trump wasn’t about to lose in the Fourth District
Ed Gallrein, Republican nominee for Congress in the Fourth District, began his victory speech Tuesday night by thanking President Trump….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Mullin, Paul provide good show, but nation emerges as real loser once again
WASHINGTON – It was a pretty good show, all in all. Fireworks were bound to explode Wednesday during the confirmation…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Sending credit Sen. Rand Paul’s way for the courage to stand up to Trump
Sen. Rand Paul has been receiving a lot of praise recently for stating the obvious. And he deserves all the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Congressman Andy Barr reaches new low in pandering to Trump over ICE
There must be a word to describe a person of modest abilities who is willing to shed every layer of…
Opinion – Al Cross: Trump fever rises but will break; Kentucky’s case is mild
Our president is using his attorney general to make war on our chief central banker. He’s threatening real war that…
U.S. Senate advances Rand Paul-sponsored resolution rebuking Trump on Venezuela
By Ashley Murray Kentucky Lantern In a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a…
Opinion – Bill Straub: The inept Secretary of War just might be leading us into a war in Venezuela
In assessing the performance of Peter Hegseth, the insidious boob who insists on being addressed as the Secretary of War…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Rand Paul shows backbone in recent efforts to kill Trump’s damaging tariff policy
The human farce, aka President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump, offers up the truth so infrequently that anything passing for accuracy from…
With ally Rand Paul, Thomas Massie travels Northern Kentucky to fend off Trump attacks
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Even though he’s become a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side, Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep….
Thomas Massie and Rand Paul tour 4th district; talk about Epstein files, House politics
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie says he will soon have the 218 signatures needed…
Rand Paul vows to protect free speech but says there’s no ‘right to employment’
By Jaime Lucke Kentucky Lantern U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brandon Carr’s criticism of comedian Jimmy…
Opinion – Bill Straub: As nation’s public health system crumbles, Kennedy, Paul spew nonsense
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s top public health agency, is crumbling like the walls of Jericho…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Tariffs are taxes — and Trump’s hefty ones are fueling fears of recession
In a weird sort of way, President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump operates like a jazz musician – he keeps making things…
Opinion – Bill Straub: California fire tragedy is devastating — but Republicans want to place the blame
Never ones to let an overwhelming tragedy pass without milking it for every conceivable political advantage, Republicans in Washington are…
Opinion – Bill Straub: ‘Another fine mess’ with more to come as a government shutdown looms
Well, voters of America, congratulations. You wanted chaos? You got it. In spades. And the game hasn’t even started yet….
Opinion – Al Cross: When McConnell leaves, who will slice the bacon for us?
Mitch McConnell is on his way out – first as Senate Republican leader, at the end of this year, then…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Tone down the rhetoric indeed — moderating rants should apply as well
That old sourpuss, Sen. Rand Paul, is bellyaching that the foes of America’s very own Prince Charming, Republican presidential candidate…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Rand Paul is the same ol’ — always against and never for
Sen. Rand Paul is yet again going about the task that he isn’t particularly easy to get along with. The…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Spreading misinformation is form of cheating; setting record straight isn’t censorship
If Sen. Rand Paul gets his way, Lord help us all, the nation may find itself expanding the Bill of…
Opinion – Al Cross: Kentucky Republicans help Trump tear down the system
When Mitch McConnell voted not to convict Donald Trump on impeachment for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection, which he nevertheless…
Opinion – Bill Straub: GOP’s foreign aid and border debacles lay bare polarity between Paul, McConnell
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul, who has proved over the years to be as useless as a fishnet handkerchief, has…