“Be like Jim Bunning” isn’t a phrase you’ll hear a lot of Senate Republicans say, but it may become a mantra in the coming days. The Kentucky Republican, known for his erratic style and gruff manner, ...

It was Father’s Day, 1964, when the Phillies’ Jim Bunning, a father of seven, took the mound against the Mets. Ninety pitches later, Bunning had struck out 10 and allowed not one batter to reach first ...

Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major-league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a US senator. "The main qualities it takes for professional athletes and politicians ...

Republicans have a new strategy for dealing with the wildly unpredictable Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.): keep their distance and hope he implodes. That means little fundraising help from top Republicans in ...

GOP Senate candidate Bill Johnson yelled into a bullhorn, "Bunning for president!" But Lexington businessman Andy Davis, also a Republican, said, "Bunning has been nothing but a disgrace." Bunning is ...

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conservative causes, has died. He was 85. Bunning's family ...

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning, who isn’t running for reelection, successfully blocked the Senate from voting yesterday on a House bill to extend unemployment benefits, which are set to expire tomorrow.

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, the most endangered Republican up for reelection in 2010, appears headed for retirement after giving his leading GOP rival the blessing to prepare to run for his seat next ...

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning managed to single-handledly delay an extension of jobless benefits, ever as some of his Republican colleagues spoke out in opposition. Gwen Ifill talks to a Louisville ...

All-time baseball great Jim Bunning, the only member of the sport’s Hall of Fame to also serve in Congress, died Friday at the age of 85. The gritty right-hander pitched 17 years in the majors, ...

Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. asks a question of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not shown, during his testimony before the committee, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, on ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a U.S. senator. "The main qualities it takes for professional ...