https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRdl_NdBJQ0
A spokesperson for Fauci sent a document fact-checking Paul's claims and a letter written by Fauci's legal team to Paul last month. In that letter, Fauci's lawyers wrote Paul was waging a "years-long public crusade" against Fauci.
"You are single-mindedly fixating on seeing Dr. Fauci prosecuted for imaginary crimes, and you are so invested in that outcome that you have created a personal brand around it," says the letter, which NPR reviewed…
Canceling grants based on political priorities, trialled at the National Institutes of Health in 2025, are now the basis of a proposed rule that would bring the $1tn entire federal grant-making apparatus under the control of political appointees.
Wednesday’s hearing was another example of how criticizing scientists has become an important outlet for the party – and where relitigating the Covid crisis justifies skepticism of a broad range of science.
“For the past 18 months, the Trump administration has been engaged in a campaign to rewrite this history,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat of Connecticut, about the darkest days of the pandemic, when hospitals overflowed and researchers worked on hyper-speed to understand the virus. “Today’s proceeding, I fear, is part of that effort.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/anthony-fauci-senate-covid-hearing-takeaways
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-covid
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/30/congress/gop-unity-cracks-iran-war-collins-00901408
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/rand-paul-ice-funding-00865003
Paul angrily charged that Mullin "went on to brag that you'd already told me to my face that you completely understood and approved of the assault. Well, that's a lie. You got a chance today," Paul said. "And while you're at it, explain to the American public why they should trust a man with anger issues to set the proper example for [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and Border Patrol agents."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5749360/markwayne-mullin-dhs-confirmation-hearing
"How do you drop a bomb in the middle of a crowd or a protest and protect the people there?" Paul said. "Plus there's the constitution that we don't let presidents bomb countries when they feel like it. They are supposed to ask the people through the Congress for permission."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/rand-paul-bombing-iran-not-the-answer-00721432
"I think I'm the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic," Paul told reporters.
"Every Democrat will be invited, every Republican will be invited, but I will be the only one disallowed to come on the grounds of the White House."… "I just find this incredibly petty," Paul said. "The level of immaturity is beyond words."
An analysis by the non-partisan FactCheck.org found that the claim that 1.4 million undocumented migrants were on Medicaid was false. People living in the US without immigration papers are not eligible for the federal program other than to receive emergency medical treatment. 'Fiscally irresponsible': Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
More than 1 million undocumented immigrants are in danger of losing health benefits as a result of Trump's cuts – but this assistance is provided by states and has nothing to do with Medicaid...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-beautiful-bill-republicans