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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul has struggled to organize, raise money and find a message to reach voters the way his father did. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul airs grievances against 2016 rivals in annual ‘Festivus’ Twitter rant

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards said stripping her organization of federal funding would cut off access to birth control, cancer screenings and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Planned Parenthood hit with fetal tissue research probe, defunding in Utah

By Tom Howell Jr. and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul has struggled to organize, raise money and find a message to reach voters the way his father did. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul flops as Ron Paul’s successor, loses libertarian voters to Donald Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for president, speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of Las Vegas at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) ** FILE **

Rand Paul, Kentucky senator, hits GOP presidential rivals, says his campaign will ‘shock’ pollsters

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

GOP presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, stresses the need for a broad international coalition of European and Arab allies in the Middle East. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush split over Middle East policy

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

"Sen. [Rand] Paul and Sen. [Ted] Cruz are both isolationist," Sen. Lindsey Graham said, arguing that the United States should go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria and reinstate the NSA's controversial bulk metadata program. (Associated Press)

Lindsey Graham says Ted Cruz, Rand Paul are ‘isolationists’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, is releasing "Federal Fumbles," a report that compiles some of the questionable and ridiculous projects on which the government has chosen to spend taxpayers' money. (Associated Press)

New Senate waste-watchers fill up ‘Federal Fumbles’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R- Fla., addresses the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Fla., in this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

Marco Rubio hits Ted Cruz, Rand Paul on intelligence gathering

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, accompanied by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Rand Paul says he won’t ban encryption if president, chides Chris Christie over governor’s stance

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Marco Rubio argued that the child tax credit was not a transfer payment but a repayment of taxes paid, including payroll taxes imposed on all workers. He said that the tax credit should be viewed as an investment in families and in their children's futures. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio, Rand Paul clash over conservatism at Republican debate

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2015, photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during a campaign stop at the Republican Liberty Caucus in Nashua, N.H. A defiant Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as some Republicans begin pushing him to abandon his presidential ambitions to focus on his Senate re-election. The first-term Kentucky senator this week claimed his superior political organization would prove wrong those doubting his chances in the White House contest. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Rand Paul, GOP presidential candidate, calls Hillary Clinton a ‘neoconservative’ in foreign policy

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Ted Cruz take the stage during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ** FILE **

Donald Trump retains lead in New Hampshire as Marco Rubio, Chris Christie rise: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during a campaign stop at the Republican Liberty Caucus in Nashua, N.H. A defiant Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as some Republicans begin pushing him to abandon his presidential ambitions to focus on his Senate re-election. The first-term Kentucky senator this week claimed his superior political organization would prove wrong those doubting his chances in the White House contest. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Rand Paul begins ‘filibuster’ to try to stop debt deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks with the media during the opening of a Rand Paul campaign office in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) ** FILE **

GOP debate drama: Rand Paul issued a closet with a toilet

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., addresses the 2016 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Mackinac Island, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton was ‘bugging’ Obama to intervene in Libya

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2015, photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during a campaign stop at the Republican Liberty Caucus in Nashua, N.H. A defiant Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as some Republicans begin pushing him to abandon his presidential ambitions to focus on his Senate re-election. The first-term Kentucky senator this week claimed his superior political organization would prove wrong those doubting his chances in the White House contest. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

STEVE DEACE: Rand Paul guilty of dumbest argument of 2016 campaign

By Steve Deace

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., addresses the 2016 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Mackinac Island, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Rand Paul pushed by concerned GOP to focus on Senate re-election

By Adam Beam and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks to a large crowd inside of the Bishop Barnwell Room during a "Stand with Rand" rally on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyle Green/Idaho Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Rand Paul: We’re in 2016 race for the long haul

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul was the preference of 57 percent of the attendees, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz with 51 percent.

Republican Liberty Caucus: Rand Paul wins presidential straw poll — an ‘inspiration’ to the GOP

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times