Senator Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul has become the first Republican to assemble a network in all 50 states as a precursor to a 2016 presidential run, the latest sign that he is looking to build a more mainstream coalition than the largely ad hoc one that backed his father’s unsuccessful campaigns.

Paul’s move, which comes nearly two years before the 2016 primaries, also signals an effort to win the confidence of skeptical members of the Republican establishment, many of whom doubt that his appeal will translate beyond the libertarian base that was attracted to Ron Paul, the former Texas congressman.

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Analysis:  In an exclusive interview with Breitbart.com Senator John Cornyn rips Senator Chuck Schumer’s media ‘Shield Law’ and declares it will be defeated. Significantly, the First Amendment begins, “Congress shall make no law..”  but that doesn’t stop Marxist Democrats like Schumer.

The number two Republican in the Senate lambasted the media “shield law” proposed.

“This is a bad idea and one whose time has not come,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the Senate minority whip, told Breitbart News in the interview. “Believe me, we will not be rolled over.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a EPW Committee hearing entitled, “Oversight Hearing on the Environment Protection Agency’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget”.  Witnesses at today’s hearing include Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy.
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Rep. James Lankford today outside the Supreme Court.

One of the most controversial provisions of ObamaCare — the mandate requiring employers to cover contraception — was debated before the Supreme Court today, as activists on both sides of the issue clashed outside the courtroom in Washington.

The justices appeared divided in the case, which is the highest-profile challenge to the health care law since the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the Affordable Care Act in 2012.

The case argued Tuesday involves family-owned companies, including Hobby Lobby, that provide health insurance to their employees, but object to covering certain methods of birth control that they say can work after conception, in violation of their religious beliefs.
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Oleksandr Muzychko

Oleksandr Muzychko, better known as Sashko Bily, died in an alleged shoot-out with police in a cafe in Rivne in western Ukraine, the interior ministry told the BBC.

Muzychko was a leader of Right Sector, a far-right group which was prominent in the recent anti-government protests.

The shooting of Muzychko happened just hours after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia – their first meeting since Russia’s move into Crimea triggered a diplomatic crisis.
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