Rarely do I heap any praise on a politician. I always keep a skeptical eye toward them and am not afraid to call them out when necessary. But today, that praise is necessary. U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky (who is also a 2016 presidential candidate) was a wrecking ball in the past couple of weeks when it came to allowing certain provisions in the Patriot Act to expire.

Right now in America, a broad movement exists calling for change. It cannot be defined by any single label. Independent, Common Sense, Moderate, Centrist... they have all been used to characterize aspects of something much larger.

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A presidential candidate is calling for the release of 28 pages from the 9/11 Commission Report that could alter the race and the way Americans view the event.

The USA Freedom Act is scheduled to be reconsidered by the U.S. Senate on Sunday, May 31, 2015. H.R.

"If leadership continues to stand in the way of necessary reform, lawmakers should simply allow the Patriot Act provisions to sunset." - ACLU

Congress will convene in a rare Sunday session to consider extending portions of the Patriot Act, before they expire on June 1.

We do not get our right to vote because we are white, black, gay, straight, male, female, conservative, liberal, a member of a private organization or any other criteria other than what makes us American: citizenship.

Just over one year ago, the Obama administration had one of its most significant foreign policy breakthroughs -- and no one really noticed.

"Now we'll be stuck with Goldwater," quips  Roger Sterling of AMC's Mad Men, referring to recent news of Republican candidate Nelson Rockefeller's marriage to a divorcé 18 years his junior. Roger's statement is a reference to a popular narrative that is used to describe the demise of the former New York governor.

American military instructors are training Ukrainian forces.