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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks about the criminal justice system at Bowie State University.

Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential campaign

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April 9, 2015
Rand Paul’s abortion remarks weren’t a stumble. They were smart.

By Sarah Kliff

Paul forced the conversation toward the place where Americans are least comfortable with legal abortion: near the end of a pregnancy.
April 7, 2015
Rand Paul accidentally proposed legalizing murder

By Dara Lind

He wants to repeal any law that imprisons too many people of color. Problem: that's every law.
April 7, 2015
Where Rand Paul stands on everything from foreign policy to criminal justice

By Andrew Prokop

Though he's been in the Senate only four years, Paul has managed to place himself at the center of many policy debates.
April 7, 2015
This is what Rand Paul actually wants to do as president

By Dylan Matthews

It's the most radical vision of limited government ever presented by a major American presidential candidate.
April 7, 2015
Rand Paul is about to kick off a Republican civil war on foreign policy

By Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp

His presidential campaign is the biggest challenge to Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy since Reagan.
April 7, 2015
Rand Paul is serious about ending mass incarceration

By Dara Lind

And saving the GOP by doing it.

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