Rand Paul

Are congressional Republicans absolutely determined to forfeit this November’s midterm elections? It sure looks that way. The GOP would hardly be acting any differently if it were secretly run by its enemies. The election-security provisions of the SAVE Act enjoy overwhelming popular support. According to CBS/YouGov polling, requiring photo ID to vote is literally an 80-20 issue, commanding the support of four out of five voters. Yet the Republican Senate, with a 53-47 majority, is struggling to pass the law. Yes, the filibuster gives Chuck Schumer a powerful weapon to use against the GOP, but there are ways around that – ways the GOP chooses not to take. Democrats are

Thomas Massie’s predicament, as he fends off a Trump-backed challenger – and Trump himself – in the Republican primary for his seat in Congress, is symbolic of the vexed relationship libertarians have with the right these days. Massie was not only a Tea Party Republican when he was first elected in 2012, he was a Ron Paul Republican, inspired by the longtime, philosophically libertarian Texas congressman who made his second bid for the GOP presidential nomination that year. The Commonwealth of Kentucky had sent Paul’s son, Rand, to the US Senate two years before, and its 4th congressional district put Massie in the House. Libertarians are natural junior partners in

An afternoon of speeches and Ron Paul testimonials

Trump desperately wants to celebrate Independence Day at the White House tomorrow with a signing ceremony for his mega-bill

The bickering billionaires exchange blows

Plus: Mitch jets out

The bungled Continuing Resolution has left Republican House leadership scrambling

Plus: Biden challengers complain about lack of media coverage

None of Senator Blumenthal’s questions revealed what is so uniquely audacious about the merger

The average American is hardly woke. But it’s difficult to cast your eye across the country and see a groundswell for individual liberty either

Josh Hawley and Rand Paul duke it out on the Senate floor

Bob Costello has accused the Manhattan DA of failing to reveal ‘hundreds of pages of exculpatory evidence’