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Al Franken returns to late-night as he guest-hosts "The Daily Show" 05:57 Former Sen. Al Franken is returning to his roots of late-night comedy, sitting in the host's chair for a weeklong run ...
Al Franken spoke about inflation on his podcast. Getty Images. The US economy’s struggles have emerged as a key issue ahead of midterms that will determine control of Congress.
Al Franken mounts comedy tour comeback, talks cancel culture and importance of 'due process' The comedian resigned from the U.S. Senate in 2018 in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.
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 ...
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) leaves the Senate floor after delivering a resignation speech on Dec. 7, 2017. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) It turns out the whole thing is the woman’s fault.
A full day after Minnesota voters went to the polls, Al Franken's candidacy for the U.S. Senate was uncertain. By Steven Zeitchik, The Associated Press A full day after Minnesota voters went to ...
Former Sen. Al Franken has gotten his revenge on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. The former Saturday Night Live star, bestselling author, and senator came out of seclusion to tell the New Yorker’s Jane ...
That’s the upshot of a carefully reported New Yorker piece titled “The Case of Al Franken,” in which friends and fans of the erstwhile senator from Minnesota bemoan his downfall.The magazine ...
I said something like, 'Relax Al, this isn't SNL. … We don't need to rehearse the kiss'," the announcer, Leeann Tweeden, said in a statement posted to KABC's website following the incident.
Former Sen. Al Franken this week said it would be "tempting" to run for office again. The Minnesota Democrat resigned in 2018 amid pressure from his own party after multiple accusations of sexual ...
Onstage, the ex-senator and “S.N.L.” star doesn’t exactly address his fall from grace. But he doesn’t not address it either. Asked if he’ll run again, he is noncommittal.
It turns out the whole thing is the woman's fault. That's the upshot of a carefully reported New Yorker piece titled "The Case of Al Franken," in which friends and fans of the erstwhile senator ...