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Al Franken is headed back to the White House — well, sort of. The former politician, 73, appears in the new murder mystery series, "The Residence," and portrays fictional senator Aaron Filkins. The ...

Sen. Al Franken's political career is in peril after dozens of his Democratic Senate colleagues called on him to resign his seat amid a slew of accusations of sexual harassment and groping. The ...

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken will resign from the United States Senate "in the coming weeks" he announced Thursday, a day after a number of his Democratic colleagues called for him to step down amid ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Al Franken, his political career in shambles amid sexual misconduct allegations, lost the support of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday and faced new pressures to resign over ...

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken's departure from the Senate solves one problem for Democrats, demonstrating their will to push out one of their own when sexual harassment allegations pile up. Now they must ...

Accused by multiple women of unwanted sexual advances both before and after he was elected to Congress, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) announced on the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday that he would resign ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — President Donald Trump took shots at Al Franken during a rally in Rochester, Minnesota, on Thursday, mocking the former Democratic senator for "folding like a wet rag" and resigning ...

The Star Tribune poll interviewed Minnesota registered voters between Jan. 8 and Jan. 10. Highlights from questions about Al Franken's resignation from the Senate amid sexual harassment allegations ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — His once-promising political career in shambles, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken appeared on the verge of resigning after fellow Democrats led by female senators abandoned him Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Al Franken's support among his fellow Democrats appeared to collapse Wednesday as a group of female Democratic senators called upon him to resign amid sexual misconduct ...