Former GOP whip, Arizona Sen Jon Kyl dead at 84

Former Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., is dead at the age of 84, his family announced Thursday.

Kyl was first sworn in to the Senate in 1995, retiring in 2013. He briefly returned to the Senate in 2018 after former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., died. 

Kyl announced he was stepping away from public life in December 2025 after receiving a diagnosis of a neurological disease that resulted in his development of dementia.

Before his election to the Senate, Kyl was a member of...