Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds

We know that in the early 2000s, Gina Haspel's CIA was rendering accused terrorists to unfathomable torture in Syria, as well as Egypt and Jordan. And we know that in 2005, Haspel herself was busy ordering the destruction of evidence of her involvement in the...

In the near future, Congress will debate a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). I use the word "debate" lightly. So far, no hearings have been scheduled, and no testimony is likely to be heard unless something changes. That's a shame, because this is a...

Once upon a time, there were fiscally conservative Republicans. It is said that when Republicans are out of power, they are the conservative party, but when Republicans are in the majority, there is no conservative party. Virtually every Republican you meet travels...

Despite overwhelming support from the American people for action, and a grassroots push that has led to multiple victories in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate has so far failed to follow the lead of our colleagues across the Capitol to Audit the Fed.So...

Over the past several days, there has been an increasingly granular debate about the degree of Gina Haspel's participation in the torturing of detainees at the CIA's Thailand "black site," with neocons going out of their way to try to defend the president's choice to...

Since President Trump took office, our country finally seems to be heading in the right direction. In just the past year, the American people have seen enormous tax cuts, more judges appointed who take the Constitution seriously, relief from the massive regulatory...

The neocons have been so completely and regularly wrong for decades now that it's almost unimaginable to believe they would ever be in a position to advise a president again - let alone to wield the kind of power they will have if they lead some of our nation's most...

How many times have you been told that fighting for a cause you hold dear won't make any difference in Washington? That politicians will do what they want, and we'll just have to keep dealing with it?As someone who believes the Constitution matters, and liberty isn't...

Intelligence agency leaders are waging an all-out public relations campaign in support of their favored surveillance authority, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which expires at the end of this year. But at the same time they demand...

What will happen now that the Obamacare repeal has failed? The same thing that was already happening: Premiums will skyrocket. Insurers will exit, leaving monopolies or vacuums, and Americans will have less choice.How did the GOP lose its nerve and run away from...