Embattled Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota is expected to resign Thursday after Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and a wave of Democrats called for him to step down in the aftermath of allegations ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Sen. Al Franken plans to officially leave the U.S. Senate on Jan. 2. The announcement Wednesday from a Franken spokesman should put to rest questions surrounding the timing of ...

In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, ...

Democrat Al Franken has pulled ahead of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's still unresolved U.S. Senate race, according to a running tally on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Web site ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Embattled Senator Al Franken will make an announcement from the Senate floor Thursday morning, one that could signal a significant shift in Minnesota's political landscape. A post on ...

[11/16/17]—Today, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) released the following statement: “The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who ...

Al Franken is best known as a funnyman, but this fall, he hopes to convince Minnesotans that he is dead serious about representing them in the... Al Franken's Senate Bid No Laughing Matter Al Franken ...

Al Franken is reprising one of his most important roles. In Netflix's latest whodunit, The Residence, the former politician, 73, plays a fictional senator named Aaron Filkins. The murder mystery ...

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