Jon Kyl

WASHINGTON (AP) — Grasping for a deal on the nation's debt, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders remained divided Sunday over the size and the components of a plan to reduce long term deficits. Noting the need to work out an agreement...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 official in the Senate, said this morning that he was optimistic about ongoing negotiations toward a deal on raising the debt ceiling. "I have a much more positive feeling than I did 24 hours...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special panel's goal is lofty: concoct a deal both parties will embrace to slash federal deficits by a mammoth $1.5 trillion or more over the next decade. Yet from the moment House and Senate leaders appoint the 12 members...

Richard Carmona, who served as U.S. surgeon general in George W. Bush's administration, announced Thursday that he will run as a Democrat for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat. Carmona, who turns 62 this month, said in a statement that Washington is broken...

The co-chairs of the congressional "super committee" seemed doubtful the panel would reach a deficit-reduction accord by Monday's deadline, each blaming the other party's unwillingness to budge on the contentious issues of taxes and entitlement spending....

(Reuters) - Republicans walked out of budget talks on Thursday, setting up a showdown between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over how to extend U.S. borrowing and avoid a looming debt default. Vice President Joe Biden and a handful...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to...

Russell Pearce's defeat in an Arizona recall election was a result of many factors, not only a push back against conservative politics, experts say....

"Fareez Zakaria GPS" features Ehud Barak, Israeli defense minister and former prime minister of Israel. The program starts at 10 a.m. and repeats at 1 p.m. Another guest is billed as "the preeminent political prognosticator" who will give "his take on the...

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"Fox News Sunday" welcomes Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. The program starts at 9 a.m. on WOFL-Channel 35. The panel will be Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney, Charles Lane of The Washington Post...