Senate Republicans released dueling proposals to fund border security in President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring rare divisions over an issue that broadly unites the party. In legislative text circulated by the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday night,

A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Charlie Kirk discuss the "Big, Beautiful Bill" and what it will take for him to support the bill. "I was his biggest defender against two impeachments. We'll do it again. I've supported his nominees,

Paul has kept that independent streak, nevertheless. But in Trump’s first term, it didn’t seem to affect his relationship with the president. Paul was often seen as a counterweight to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on foreign policy among Trump’s friends on Capitol Hill.

Some have likened the parade to the military chest-pounding commonly seen in North Korea. "We were proud not to be that," Paul said.