Earlier in the day Paul had mocked the media for obsessing over his hair and questioning the authenticity of his curls.

The libertarian firebrand senator started pummelling the presumptive Democratic frontrunner a day before barnstorming through six stops in New Hampshire.

'Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts,' Paul said. 'Join the club.'

The Kentucky senator waded into a contentious science debate with libertarian politics, saying 'the state doesn't own your children.' He shushed a TV host on camera when she cut off his long arguments.

The Republican senator from Kentucky received a booster for Hepatitis A, one year after his trip to Guatemala.

If Kentucky Republicans refuse to change their primary election to a caucus so Paul can compete for both his Senate seat and the presidency, he'll have to move to Plan B.

BUT -- Conservative Political Action Conference poll winners went on to become presidential nominees in the next election just 20 per cent of the time

Even before Cruz kicked off his 2016 bid, Paul, 52, had his eye on April 7 as a launch date for his own national campaign. But the fellow Republican's formal announcement helped solidify Paul's plans.

An Iowa Republican Party official says the senator's claims to Washington-outsider status 'won't sell in Iowa, especially since he's walking his views back toward the center.'

Like Paul, the 52-year-old freshman senator who made a name for himself championing issues not typically associated with the GOP, the 'Rand' 2016 SWAG store is unique.

'No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!' Listen, you've editorialized,' Paul blasted the 'TODAY' host as she tried to corner him on changes to his foreign policy views.

Kelley Ashby Paul is likely her husband's secret weapon in his bid to win the presidency. She grew up in Kentucky where she was a high school cheerleader and loves to shop with her mom.

Paul smacked around Clinton at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on the eve of her first visit to the Granite State as a proclaimed 2016 candidate.

On Friday, the Republican lawmaker from Kentucky shared a Snapchat video of himself learning how to play Liar's Poker - a game played with dollar bills - from the debauched social media star.

David Chesley licked the camera of an opposition researcher from the liberal group American Bridge. The tracker was at Paul's event in Londonberry on Monday. Chesley. He had been standing in the way.

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.

A pro-Hillary group told the FEC that author Peter Schweizer made an illegal 'in-kind' contribution to Sen. Paul by arming him with presidential campaign dirt on Clinton before his book's publication date.

Donald Trump and his team dined on Burger King on Thursday at 40,000 feet becuase it was 'quick,' after his speech to 1,500 Floridians who are hungry for an alternative to Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.

The president's spokesman said this afternoon that the Obama does not have the ability to alter the program with a swish of his pen as Paul demanded.

Christie, a former U.S. attorney who has had to use the Patriot Act, suggested that Paul is not qualified to be crafting federal regulations on the spy agency.

'People here in town think I’m making a huge mistake,' he said Sunday. 'Some of them, I think, secretly want there to be an attack on the United States so they can blame it on me.'

Earl Holt III, the president of the Council of Conservative Citizens whose website Charleston massacre shooter Dylann Roof cited in his 'manifesto', has donated $65,000 to Republicans.

Paul is also a contender for the White House and is aggressively opposed to provisions of the Patriot Act that give the feds access to Americans' phone records so they can look for ties to terrorists.

Other predict a pair of 9/11 era former governors who have been out of office for roughly a decade and are polling at one percent or under will be the next to go: Jim Gilmore and George Pataki.

DEJA VU? Eight days before Trump rival Rick Perry dropped out on September 11, The Donald publicly predicted it – and Perry issued a vehement denial.

In an appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore that airs in full on Monday, Paul tried his hand at comedy.

Ted Cruz is a maniac no more. Donald Trump, who hit the Texas senator just two days ago, saying he wasn't 'qualified' to be president, slammed the breaks on any more attacks.

With Lindsey Graham out, Rand Paul is now the shortest of the GOP candidates and it must have showed. Appearing on The View today the first question posed was about his height.

Libertarian Senator Rand Paul actually made it onto the main stage at Thursday night's Republican presidential primary debate - kind of.

The Kentucky senator said The Donald's lust for power makes him like the creepy Tolkein character who craves the 'precious' ring. Trump is leading national polls while Paul's numbers are in single digits.

The father of GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul said Wednesday that Republican front-runner Donald Trump may well end up as the party's 2016 nominee instead of his son

President Donald Trump hit the golf links on Sunday with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul – days after handing Paul a pen for an executive action as he seeks to undo Obamacare.

Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, is the second high-profile member of President Trump's party to suggest the president may not run for re-election in 2020.

Rand Paul struggled to breathe and speak as he gave his first interview about an alleged attack by neighbor Rene Boucher in Kentucky which left him with six broken ribs and fluid around his lung.

Rene Boucher, 59, told neighbor Rand Paul that he hadn't be able to sell his house for ten years because of the woodland behind Paul's property, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Kelley Paul, Sen. Rand Paul's wife, shamed the media in an op-ed for CNN and updated the world on her husband's condition, after he was attacked by a neighbor earlier this month.

MSNBC's Kasie Hunt has apologized for apparently gloating over an attack that left Republican Senator Rand Paul hospitalized. She said that it was one of her 'favorite stories' while on air.

Rand Paul said that for four or five weeks after Rene Boucher allegedly attacked him at his home in Bowling Green and left him with broken ribs and fluid buildup in his chest he was in a 'living hell.'

The actress was referring to Rene Boucher's attack on his neighbor Paul in heated row over his lack of yard maintenance on November 3.

Rene Boucher is facing 21 months in jail for tackling the Senator on the front lawn of his Bowling Green home in November last year.

Republican Senator Rand Paul (left) has declared himself opposed, meaning that at least one Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee would have to support Pompeo (right) to pass a recommendation.

A man has been arrested after threatening to chop up Republican Sen. Rand Paul and his family with an ax.

Sen. Rand Paul is demanding former CIA chief John Brennan, who called President Trump's remarks in his press conference with Vladimir Putin 'treasonous,' lose his security clearance.

Sen. Rand Paul says the letter 'emphasized the importance of further engagement' including on 'countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and resuming cultural exchanges.'

Republican Senator Rand Paul is urging President Donald Trump to use lie detector tests to root out the author of the anonymous New York Times op-ed. 

Kelley Paul said she feels frightened amid calls from Democrat supporters to increase hostility against Republicans and has increased security at home in Bowling Green, Kentucky

Republican Sen. Rand Paul said he will vote for a resolution denying President Trump emergency powers to build his border wall, a move that could set up the first presidential veto.

The former Daily Show host shamed the Kentucky Republican during an interview with Fox News , branding Paul's decision 'absolutely outrageous.'

Paul said if Omar visited the country where she was born, 'she might come back and appreciate America more.' Omar retweeted an attack on Paul from anti-Trump actor Tom Arnold.

In a tweet on Monday, the Republican lawmaker said that he had to have part of his lung removed during the procedure after doctors discovered it was damaged in the assault.