©2015 Bloomberg News NP31XY6JTSEF (Bloomberg Politics) — Every few hours, the campaigns of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul send out a donor message about his fight against the PATRIOT Act. In each one, this coming Sunday is marked as a do-or-die moment to block the most loathed provisions of the law.

An oil reserve of a potential 1.2 billon barrels has been discovered in Alaska’s North Slope in what the companies involved believe is the largest US onshore oil discovery in nearly three decades. Spanish oil company Repsol (REPYY) and Armstrong Energy announced the find On Thursday, saying their discovery is