'Who Funds the Rioters?' Is Not a Question the Federal Government Needs To Ask
The notion that the violent protests cropping up in U.S. cities are funded by a secret, shadowy cabal is a myth.
The notion that the violent protests cropping up in U.S. cities are funded by a secret, shadowy cabal is a myth.
Screaming "say her name" at the senator who sponsored a police accountability act named for Breonna Taylor
Sen. Rand Paul wants to help families find a route around the public school monopoly.
Congress is currently debating what should be included in the next trillion-dollar (and counting) stimulus bill, but nothing is likely to pass this week.
The line between peace officer and soldier of war has become far too blurry.
Federal civil asset forfeiture bill reintroduced as police reform efforts hit a partisan wall.
In the name of fighting lynching, the bipartisan bill authorizes 10-year sentences for minor crimes like vandalism.
The Wyden-Daines Amendment would've prohibited warrantless monitoring of web activity, but it lost by one vote in the Senate. Will Nancy Pelosi bring it back in the House?
An effort by Sen. Rand Paul to forbid warrantless investigation of citizens was soundly defeated.
An amendment to a FISA renewal bill would let the FBI snoop on your online browser history.
The USA Freedom Act expired in March. Some senators are pushing for better privacy protections before the renewal vote.
The USA Freedom Act is about to sunset. Who will decide how and if it will be changed?
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"Most of the [indicators] of measuring success are now classified, or we don't collect it," the special inspector general for the Afghanistan reconstruction told a Senate committee.
Talking congressional oversight, the Bernie resurgence, and the death of Neil Peart on the Reason Roundtable podcast
The Senate is preparing to vote on a War Powers Resolution that would move to curtail President Trump's military actions abroad.
Sen. Rand Paul's new book discusses the horrible things that befall countries that tried it.
Rand Paul takes on socialist arguments about Venezuela, Scandinavia, and fairness.
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
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But at least they had enough tax dollars left over to buy a Bob Dylan-made sculpture for the U.S. embassy in Mozambique, and to get zebrafish addicted to nicotine in London.
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Yes, Trump (and everybody else) has a right to face their accusers when they’re charged with crimes. But that hasn’t actually happened.
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"Intervention after intervention hasn't had the intended consequence. We've got more chaos."
The Kentucky senator makes the case for less American military involvement abroad.
The senator took a lot of heat five years ago for being anti-interventionist in Syria yet pro-war against ISIS.
Libertarian-leaning legislators have markedly different ideas about the I-word. What say the Reason editors?
No single spending item is going to solve America's $22 trillion national debt, but every little bit of wasteful spending makes the tough problems more difficult to solve.
The Republican senator has increasingly aligned himself with President Trump.
The Kentucky senator wants the Senate to consider offsetting spending cuts before approving limitless, automatic spending for the rest of the century.
Serving as an alternative voice to the likes of Lindsey Graham and John Bolton could keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
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Ron Wyden and Rand Paul team up to stop Border Patrol from snooping in your stuff without good reason.
The United States is currently operating under 32 different national emergencies. This proposal would require Congress approve those declarations within 72 hours, and again after 90 days.
Paul's proposal to cut 2 percent from the federal budget for the next five years was predictably opposed by both Democrats and most Republicans
Both still see surveillance abuse that needs fixing. They’re pursuing different paths to get there.
There is no military solution to be had. It's time to simply come home.
The libertarian-leaning senator also discusses his long, uphill fight to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
Also: Listen to Daniel Drezner talk World War III, and Nomiki Konst, Ben Dreyfuss, and Harry Enten discuss Joe Biden.
Does the Trump administration think it can wage war in Iran without congressional approval? Mike Pompeo won't say.
Both the libertarian-leaning Republican and the democratic socialist want Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
USA Today investigation finds that over 1 million men have faced the consequences of not applying to Jimmy Carter's sham draft.
The feds have allegedly abandoned the program. These four want to make sure it stays dead.
Politicizing transparency is not a way to help Americans understand Russia investigation.
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