--- description: Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Rand Paul  ## Rand Paul Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky_  ## Rand Paul Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 9, 2018 ### [Congress Is Full of Hypocrites. I Took a Stand](https://time.com/5142115/rand-paul-spending-congress/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 16, 2018 ### [Sen. Rand Paul: President Trump Has Had a Year of Accomplishments](https://time.com/5105056/rand-paul-donald-trump-first-year/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 31, 2017 ### [Montenegro Joining NATO Is Against U.S. Interests](https://time.com/4718958/montenegro-nato-rand-paul/) 'This is the crux of the debate: Congress abdicating its role in declaring war' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 11, 2016 ### [Rand Paul: Why I Will Vote to Repeal Obamacare](https://time.com/4596673/rand-paul-repeal-obamacare/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 7, 2016 ### [Sen. Rand Paul: EpiPen Scandal Is a Perfect Example of Crony Capitalism](https://time.com/4482179/sen-rand-paul-epipen-scandal/) Congress must act to support competition [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 5, 2016 ### [Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law](https://time.com/4393859/fbi-hillary-clinton-email-fbi/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 23, 2016 ### [Restore Congressional Authority on War](https://time.com/4345172/rand-paul-congress-war-amendment/) 'One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 10, 2016 ### [The Fed Is Crippling America](https://time.com/4170969/sen-rand-paul-audit-the-fed/) The country deserves to understand the extent of its balance sheet [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 18, 2015 ### [Stop Paul Ryan's Omnibus Spending Bill](https://time.com/4154635/rand-paul-paul-ryan-omnibus-spending/) It’s absurd that conservatives would agree to any new spending [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2015 ### [Let's Destroy ISIS — Not the Constitution](https://time.com/4140983/rand-paul-isis-constitution/) The worst thing to do for national security is trample on the Second Amendment [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 30, 2015 ### [Marco Rubio Wants Illegal, Neverending War](https://time.com/4129562/rand-paul-marco-rubio-war/) 'I hope voters will seek out a leader who will not pursue a reckless policy that traps us under a mo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 17, 2015 ### [The ISIS Problem Is About Money—Not Refugees](https://time.com/4116601/paris-attacks-rand-paul/) We need to make it clear that the U.S. does not do business with terror financiers [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 21, 2015 ### [Rand Paul: Here's How the GOP Can Stop Government Dysfunction](https://time.com/4043506/rand-paul-heres-how-the-gop-can-stop-government-dysfunction/) Put the shutdown onus on Democrats [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 3, 2015 ### [Sens. Ernst, Paul, and Lankford: Stop the Inhumane Treatment of Human Life](https://time.com/3981428/the-inhumane-treatment-of-human-life/) Taxpayers should not be asked to contribute to Planned Parenthood [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 29, 2015 ### [Rand Paul: Government Has No Place in Marriage](https://time.com/3939374/rand-paul-gay-marriage-supreme-court/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-rand-paul/","name":"Rand Paul"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-rand-paul/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-rand-paul/"},"name":"Rand Paul","jobTitle":null,"description":"Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd975d1ad17c6a0/69868bb61eebf71d7737081d/rand-paul-time-100-2x.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/sen-rand-paul/","sameAs":["https://x.com/RandPaul"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```