Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria
An unlikely left-right coalition of a dozen senators just backed his proposal to end the authorized deployment.
Dec 15, 2023 / John Nichols
Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic
The senator from Kentucky’s “Fire Fauci” crusade is a crude scheme to exploit fears and raise campaign cash, and Dr. Anthony Fauci called him out on it.
Jan 19, 2022 / John Nichols
GOP Senators Face a Reckoning Over Impeachment GOP Senators Face a Reckoning Over Impeachment
They’re in a politically perilous position: If they defend Trump, they alienate the majority of voters; if they vote to convict, they alienate their own base.
Feb 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Rand Paul Is a Monarchist—and Donald Trump Is His King Rand Paul Is a Monarchist—and Donald Trump Is His King
To defend his sovereign from accountability, the Kentucky senator is peddling the GOP’s latest Big Lie.
Jan 28, 2021 / John Nichols
Trump’s Paranoia Commands the Government Trump’s Paranoia Commands the Government
Too often dismissed as a personal quirk, Trump’s promotion of conspiracy theories is a major threat to democracy.
Sep 2, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Rand Paul, Surrender Monkey Rand Paul, Surrender Monkey
He betrayed the Constitution and his constituents. Perhaps most tragically, he betrayed himself.
Apr 24, 2018 / John Nichols
What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic
John Bolton’s appointment as national-security adviser does not require Senate confirmation. That doesn’t mean Congress is powerless.
Mar 26, 2018 / John Nichols
Is Your Senator Enabling Donald Trump’s Warmongering? Is Your Senator Enabling Donald Trump’s Warmongering?
Rand Paul tried to take away the president’s blank check for endless war, but a number of Democrats joined most Republicans in a Senate vote that let Trump keep it.
Sep 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Rand Paul and Most Senate Democrats Almost Blocked Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal Rand Paul and Most Senate Democrats Almost Blocked Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal
Unfortunately, a handful of Democrats sided with the administration and against efforts to end Saudi atrocities in Yemen.
Jun 14, 2017 / John Nichols
Susan Rice Did Her Job—and Boy Are Republicans Pissed Susan Rice Did Her Job—and Boy Are Republicans Pissed
A report that originated in the alt-right sewer leads a GOP senator to slur Rice as “the Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration.”
Apr 4, 2017 / Joan Walsh