Hey, Libertarians, Maybe Republicans Just Aren't That Into You
June 12 was not a good day for free-market constitutionalism in the modern GOP.
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Rand Paul's Violent Neighbor Motivated by Brush Piles on Paul's Property
Some pundits blamed the victim, but the attack that broke six of Paul's ribs was motivated by aesthetic rage, not some actual fault of Paul's.
Lindsey Graham Says Only Possible Outcomes From Trump-Kim Talks Are 'Peace or War.' He's Wrong.
Such binary thinking has gotten the United States into trouble in the past. It should be rejected now.
Congress Needs to Reclaim Its War Powers, Argue Constitutional Scholars at Senate Hearing
The proposed new Corker-Kaine AUMF would give even more power to the president to wage war against whoever he wants with Congress essentially powerless to curb him.
Rejecting Rand Paul's Budget, Republicans Commit to Fiscal Irresponsibility
Even the suggestion that defense spending could be cut is enough to scare most Republicans away from a facing fiscal reality.
John McCain: It 'Wasn't Incorrect' to Say Rand Paul Was 'Working for Vladimir Putin'
The Arizona senator goes out shooting against the Paul family, even as he and the Kentucky senator make common cause on Gina Haspel.
Rand Paul's Plan to Balance the Budget by 2023 Will Get a Senate Vote This Week
Do Republicans have the guts to impose strict spending caps?
Actually, Rand Paul Will Support Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State
Paul says he's reversed his stance on Trump's nominee after several conversations with the president.
Rand Paul Worries Mike Pompeo Will Keep America in Afghanistan Even Longer
"The president has been very specific, at times, on this," Paul said. "He said 'it is time to get out of Afghanistan.'"
The New Omnibus Is Terrible Because Congress Is Broken
The spending bill is a product of a broken, secretive, centralized legislative process.
Rand Paul Threatens to Filibuster Trump's CIA Pick, Because Torture: Podcast
Plus: Facebook goes after Trump's social media firm, and Trump tiptoes toward a trade war.
Rand Paul Will Oppose Trump's Pro-War, Pro-Torture Nominees for State, CIA
Paul says Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick to be the next secretary of state, will repeat the foreign policy mistakes of the past two decades.
Rand Paul, on Trump: 'I Think He Will Sign Audit the Fed if We Can Get it to Him'
Given the state of the modern GOP, that's a very big "if." But the senator is trying for a vote again this week.
Rand Paul: 'A Tariff Is Simply a Tax'
Senator tells Reason "most of the businesses in Kentucky are quite worried about a trade war." But will a weak Congress confront Trump?
Stossel: The Stosscars!
John Stossel picks the best and worst political performances of the year.
How GOP Fiscal Sanity Died, in 7 Easy Steps
Here are the moments when Republicans, including professed deficit hawks, snuffed out the 2009-2014 flicker of budgetary sanity
Rep. Charlie Dent, Bette Midler Stand in Solidarity with Rand Paul's Violent Neighbor
Celebrities and sitting legislators prefer physical violence to fiscal restraint.
Rand Paul Single-Handedly Tries to Stop Massive Spending Plan (Update: Congress Passes Budget Deal)
"What you are seeing is recklessness being passed off as bipartisanship," said Paul on the Senate floor.
Rand Paul's Plan to Eliminate Government Shutdowns: Automatic 1 Percent Budget Cuts
Because nothing in Washington is more terrifying than the prospect of a minuscule spending reduction
Here's What Rand Paul, Mark Meadows, and Others in Washington Are Saying About the Nunes Memo
Now that it's out, nobody's minds seem to have changed.
Rand Paul's Neighbor Faces Federal Charges for Attack
He assaulted the Kentucky senator over a brush pile.
Stop Warrantless Snooping on Americans
The NSA's surveillance of international communications is not limited to "foreign bad guys on foreign land."
Senate Votes to Shut Down Rand Paul Filibuster Against Surveillance Act Renewal
Lawmakers will advance legislation that expands the power of the feds to snoop on American citizens.
House Votes to Renew, Expand Authority to Snoop on Americans
Push by lawmakers for stricter warrant requirements fails.
Amash, Paul, and Others Trying to Stop Congress from Expanding Domestic Surveillance Powers
House to vote on a bill that would codify unwarranted searches of Americans' communications.
Rand Paul Won Because "Voters…Wanted to Give the Finger to Washington"
An establishment GOP candidate looks back at why Paul beat him
No Obamacare Repeal, but Trump's New Rules Could Allow Cheaper Plans
Draft regulations would expand access to association health plans.
Rand Paul: No Surveillance Debate Means a No Vote on Spending Bill
Senators demand discussion of protections for Americans against unwarranted snooping.
Everyone Wants to Beat Up Libertarians: Podcast
On today's show, Reason's editors discuss the attack on Rand Paul, the Texas mass shooting, and the election results.
Rand Paul Getting Attacked Is What's Wrong with Libertarianism. Wait, What? (UPDATED)
Unprovoked physical assault normally invites sympathy, unless your politics are too weird.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nipple Slips, and the Fall of Jeff Flake
Reason's Andrew Heaton steps into Bold TV.
Rand Paul Worries Whether Surveillance Reform Will Even Be Debated in Senate
Will snooping reauthorizations just get quietly dumped into a spending bill?
Constitutional Conservatives for Defrocked Judges
Ted Cruz joins Rand Paul and Mike Lee in enthusiastically endorsing lawless jurist Roy Moore.
Rand Paul Throws Incredible Shade At Lindsey Graham for Being a Warmonger
What kind of cheerleader for war doesn't know how many troops are where?
Republicans Officially Give Up Trying to Cut Spending
After all that fuss from 2009 onward, Rand Paul is the last Republican left objecting to the continued growth of government.
Roy Moore Says Kneeling for the Anthem Is Illegal, and He's Totally Wrong
Libertarian-leaning Republicans who endorsed Moore should hang their heads in shame
Rand Paul Endorses Roy Moore in Alabama Senate Race, Annoys Libertarians
If ever there were a would-be colleague who someone of even slight libertarian tendencies should be leery of, it is Roy Moore.
Republicans: We Have to Cut Taxes Because We're Too Cowardly to Cut Spending
Rand Paul squares off against John McCain yet again on military spending, in a fight that could derail both the budget and tax reform.
U.S. Foreign Policy Can't Be a Choice Between McCain and Trump
The ailing senator is right that "half-baked, spurious nationalism" is wrong. But so is his brand of hawkish intervention.
Rand Paul and John McCain Might Have Killed the GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill
Paul says he won't be swayed by Trump's threats. "I'm a big boy."
The GOP's New Obamacare Repeal Bill Shouldn't Pass. It Might Anyway.
A looming Senate deadline might push holdout Republican senators over the line.
Harvard's Spineless Administrators vs. Chelsea Manning: Podcast
Reason editors talk single-payer health care, Rand Paul's push to deauthorize foreign wars, and Chelsea Manning vs. Harvard.
Rand Paul: 'I Think President Trump's Instincts Are Still Leaning Against Major Involvement in Foreign War With Great Land Forces'
Kentucky senator talks about his vote on intervention-authorizations, says John McCain "has never met a war he wasn't interested in getting the U.S. involved in," and worries about "these generals whispering in" Trump's "ears every day."
Justin Amash and Rand Paul Talk Congressional Pushback on SiriusXM Insight from 2-4 p.m. ET
Matt Welch interviews the libertarian-leaning legislators, as well as Emily Yoffe and Eli Lake, on Channel 121
Watch Rand Paul Urge Congress to Stop Letting the President 'Do Whatever He Wants' in War
"The neoconservatives and the neoliberals believe the president has unlimited authority," senator complains during unsuccessful attempt to repeal the post-9/11 authorizations for the use of military force.
Rand Paul Stages Senatorial Sit-In for Debate on Sunsetting Authorization for Endless War
Paul announces that his move won four hours of floor debate in Senate over ending the 16-year-old Authorization for the Use of Military Force that launched modern war on terror.
