In this Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A man has been arrested and charged with assaulting and injuring U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, authorities said Saturday.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is recovering after being assaulted at his Kentucky home on Friday, joining a growing list of lawmakers who have been injured or threatened with violence this year. Paul, a second-term senator, suffered a minor injury when he was assaulted at his Warren County, Kentucky, home Friday afternoon.
In this April 7, 2017 photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to reporters on the way to the confirmation vote for President Donald Trump's high court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Rand Paul suffered minor injuries when a man allegedly assaulted him at his home in Warren County, Kentucky, on Friday afternoon, according to state authorities.