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  1. mysteries
    Rand Paul Hints That His Assault Wasn’t Gardening-RelatedHe shared links to news reports in which multiple neighbors praise his lawn and describe him as “first class in every way.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. News of the Weird: Ted Cruz Stands Up for Coastal Elites in Tax Bill TalksHe took aim at a key provision in the GOP’s tax bill which would mostly affect well-to-do blue-staters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Radical Liberalism or Gardening Dispute? The Mystery of Rand Paul’s AssaultA neighbor’s attack left the senator with five broken ribs, and every theory on why he did it sounds too crazy to be true.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  4. Rand Paul Suffered 5 Broken Ribs in Assault at Kentucky HomeIt’s unclear when the senator will be able to return to D.C.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. politics
    Man Arrested After Assaulting Senator Rand Paul at His Home in KentuckyThe senator was “blindsided” by his neighbor, but received only minor injuries. The reason for the attack is not clear.
    By Chas Danner
  6. First N.H. Poll for 2020 Shows Trump Looking VulnerableIn a way-early 2020 N.H. primary poll, nobody’s challenging Sanders and Biden among Democrats, and Trump looks potentially vulnerable to a challenge.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Senate GOP Survives the First of Many Votes on the Road to Cutting TaxesThe hazier they keep their budget and tax plans, the farther down the road Republicans can maintain unity. But “enquiring minds” want to know more.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Now Trump Is Trying to Gut Obamacare by Executive OrderToday he’ll announce a plan that traces back to one of his favorite campaign promises.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. House Budget Vote Necessary, But Not Enough, in the GOP’s Tax Cut PlansThe GOP dissenters in the House’s vote on a budget resolution setting up tax cuts indicate some potential problems ahead for the GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Rand Paul Comes Out Against Trump’s ‘Middle-Class Tax Hike’The Kentucky senator betrays his party by acknowledging an inconvenient fact about its “middle-class tax cut.”
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Why Trump’s Tax Plan Will (Probably) Be Impossible to PassThe plan’s upper middle-class tax increases are too high for many GOP lawmakers to tolerate – but still too low to satisfy the party’s deficit hawks.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. Collins Puts Graham-Cassidy Bill Out of Reach for GOPThe third GOP senator to come out definitively against the latest Obamacare repeal bill is her party’s most consistent voice on health care.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Susan Collins Says It’s ‘Very Difficult’ to Imagine Supporting Graham-CassidyAnother bad sign for the bill’s prospects.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. McCain May Have Killed Zombie GOP Health-Care Bill — AgainWith his rejection of a GOP health-care bill due to its partisanship and the absence of a CBO score, McCain probably thwarted his party a second time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. The Final Obamacare Repeal-and-Replace Scheme Is Headed for a DitchIt’s an underfunded version of an earlier plan to let states control health-care policy. But Graham-Cassidy is probably a bill whose time has passed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. In Utah Today, Voters Are Picking Jason Chaffetz’s SuccessorIn a deep-red House district, the mayor of Provo is the front-runner but is under attack as a RINO.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. The GOP’s Latest Health-Care GambitThis last-gasp effort at a GOP-only bill mostly gives states the flexibility to cut health-care services, while threatening insurance-market chaos.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Senate GOP Advances Health-Care Bill(s) to DebateSenate Republicans don’t know what their health-care bill is, or what it does, but they just voted to advance it to debate.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Six Questions About the Senate Health-Care Bill As the Endgame ApproachesThe GOP is still struggling for votes to bring up health-care legislation. If that succeeds, the deal-making and rules-breaking will get serious.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Here Is Where Things Stand With the Senate Health-Care BillMcConnell doesn’t have the votes to pass any version of it. But, in theory, he does have an incredibly narrow path to success.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Mitch McConnell Running Out of Time, Money, and Luck in Effort to Pass TrumpcareHe apparently doesn’t have the funds or flexibility to get to 50 votes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. Senate Republicans Are Moving Toward a New Health-Care CompromiseLet conservatives vote to fully repeal Obamacare — then have moderates and Democrats immediately pass a bill strengthening the law.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. GOP ‘Moderates’ Seem to Be Winning the Negotiations Over TrumpcareMcConnell is reportedly giving moderates more opioid funding, larger subsidies, and fewer tax cuts while giving far-right dissidents little.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. The Return of the Repeal-and-Delay Strategy for Killing ObamacareRand Paul and Donald Trump helped kill the original strategy for repealing Obamacare and enacting a replacement later. Now they’re both reviving it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. McConnell Has $188 Billion Fund to Save Health-Care Bill. How Will He Spend It?Here’s how the enticements to wavering GOP senators might be doled out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Senate Delays Trumpcare Vote Due to Lack of SupportMitch McConnell had planned to pass Obamacare repeal before the July 4 recess. Now, he doesn’t even have the votes to proceed to debate.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. At Comey Hearing, GOP Goes Into Full Anti-Anti-Trump ModeThe argument of the day seemed to be that “deep state” leaks are a bigger threat to liberty than Russia’s election meddling.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. feuds
    A Brief History of John McCain and Rand Paul’s Sick BurnsThe two have been trading pot shots for years.
    By Jen Kirby
  29. the national interest
    Is the Far Right Going to Kill Trumpcare?It seems crazy, but they may have reasons that aren’t completely insane.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Why Rand Paul May Not Want the GOP to Find Its Obamacare BillThe Kentucky senator is undermining the only version of Obamacare repeal that has any chance of passing — and he may be wise to do so.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. the national interest
    Fox News Congratulates Rand Paul For Being Loyal Trump Stooge [Updated]The task of suppressing dissent against the president’s authoritarian tendencies falls to the GOP’s libertarian.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. While You Were Sleeping, Senators Took the First Step Toward Obamacare RepealParty unity generally held, but GOP senators were placed on record casting some politically dangerous votes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Trump Supposedly Opposes the GOP’s Obamacare Repeal PlanAt least, that’s what Senator Rand Paul is claiming. What now?
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Principled Libertarian Pledges to Support Authoritarian Strongman in NovemberRand Paul says he will support Donald Trump if he is the nominee.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. Why Rand Paul Went Nowhere FastHis non-interventionism and strategies for expanding the GOP base never caught on — and now he’s dropping out. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. early and often
    Rand Paul Gets Debate Demotion, Declares ‘War’ He’s not willing to “accept a designation as a minor campaign.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. early and often
    Rand Paul Will Boycott Undercard Debate Because He’s Not ‘Second Tier’On this Festivus, the senator is attempting quite the feat of strength.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. early and often
    Ted Cruz’s Foreign-Policy Stance Is Outdated, But It Might Still WorkMaybe being between Rand Paul and Marco Rubio and near Donald Trump is the right place to be.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Rand Paul Only Wants the Rich RefugeesOn Wednesday, the Kentucky senator called for ending welfare assistance to refugees and applying more screening to French visitors.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. GOP Candidates Whine About GreenroomsRepublicans believe in equality of opportunity, not of outcome.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. politics
    GOP to Rand Paul: Maybe Just Stick With SenateThey want him to focus on his Senate seat.
    By Jen Kirby
  42. the national interest
    Rand Paul: Let’s Not Impinge on Your Boss’s Freedom to Fire Gay PeopleHe is having another libertarian moment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. early and often
    Rand Paul and the Fizzling of America’s Libertarian MomentIt was overhyped from the start — but he certainly didn’t help.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  44. early and often
    Rand Paul Reminds Ted Cruz That No One in the Senate Likes HimFinally, a 2016 beef that doesn’t involve Trump.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. the war on drugs
    Rand Paul Says Employed People Don’t Have Time for HeroinHe argued more jobs could help solve the addiction epidemic.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. paulitics
    Government Ashley Madison Users Have a Friend in Rand PaulHe said he doesn’t want to see them prosecuted — once someone explained what the site is.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. early and often
    Rand Paul Won’t Have to Give Up His Senate Seat to Run for PresidentNow he just needs supporters. 
    By Chas Danner
  48. paulitics
    Rand Paul Tries to Reason With Supporters of ‘Fake Conservative’ Donald TrumpThat’s not really their thing.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. early and often
    The Winners and Losers of the First GOP Presidential DebateThe pundits have weighed in.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. paulitics
    Why Rand Paul Types Never Make It Past the PrimariesThey don’t have the type of authenticity voters really want.
    By Jennifer Senior
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