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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) announced his intention Thursday to resign from the Senate amidst accusations of sexual misconduct — but managed to take a parting shot at Presidential Donald Trump and Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) announced his resignation Thursday following multiple accusations of sexual assault and repeated calls from over 30 of his Democratic colleagues to step down.

During a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) announced he will resign from the US Senate in the coming weeks and noted the “irony” in him resigning while President Trump and Alabama Republican Senate nominee

Joining over thirty of his colleagues, Senate Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) has belatedly jumped onto the call for Minnesota Democrat Senator Al Franken’s resignation after a bevy of women came forward to charge him with various degrees of sexual misconduct.

Journalist Tina Dupuy became the eight woman on Wednesday to accuse Al Franken of sexual misconduct, writing in The Atlantic that the embattled Minnesota Senator groped her in 2009 at a Media Matters party during Barack Obama’s inauguration.

“We have to rise to the occasion, and not shrink away from it, even when it’s hard, especially when it’s hard. That is what this larger moment is about,” Gillibrand wrote in an over 600-word statement on Facebook.

A seventh accuser has come forward against disgraced Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), this time with the claim that in 2006, when he was a radio host, Franken tried to kiss her against her will. “It’s my right as an entertainer,” is what she said Franken told her.

During an interview at a Women Rule event on Tuesday Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) stated she believes Senator Al Franken’s (D-MN) accusers, but is not prepared to call for him to resign. Gillibrand said she’s “troubled” by the allegations against

On Monday’s “Democracy Now!,” DNC Deputy Chair Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) said Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) should look at their consciences and would not call for them to resign. Host Amy Goodman asked Ellison, “Do

In his latest exclusive clip for Breitbart News, Jackie goes over the latest allegations in the ongoing sex scandal currently roiling Hollywood, politics, and the media. And as usual, Jackie’s here to makes some diagnoses.

Army veteran Stephanie Kemplin told left-wing CNN that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) groped her breast in 2003 while the two of them took a photo together in 2003.

Garrison Keillor, the long-time host of the seminal public radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion,” was fired Wednesday by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR).

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) reacted to Senator Al Franken (D-MN) telling Minnesota Public Radio that he can’t say if more accusers will come forward against him by stating Franken’s answer suggests that he

The bulk of the allegations against Roy Moore concern entirely legal behavior: an older, single man dating young women above the age of consent.

Dr. Gina Loudon, political commentator joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday to discuss Sen Al Franken’s admission to groping women over some number of years.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Kathleen Rice (D-NY) called on Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) to resign from Congress and criticized both President Trump for and House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

During a press conference on Monday, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) apologized for letting people down and said he understands it will take time to regain trust and that this process of regaining trust “starts with going back to work today.”

With four separate women accusing Al Franken (D-MN) of groping them, the defiant U.S. senator went underground for the long weekend only to sit down for two disastrous interviews Monday morning.

Two Democrat Congressmen accused of sexually harassing women are returning to work in Washington, DC on Monday, despite calls for them to step down from their positions.

Left-wing activist and Huffpost contributor G.S. Potter has declared that Leann Tweeden, the Los Angeles journalist who was the first to accuse Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of sexual misconduct, has not “earned” the right to claim that she is a victim.

In her Saturday opening statement on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” Jeanine Pirro went after the “sleazy, sexual perverts” in Washington like Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), calling on GOP and Democratic leaders Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Nancy

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” host Joy Reid stated that Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Alabama Republican Senate nominee Judge Roy Moore aren’t similar and the two don’t belong in the same sentence. Reid said, “There is absolutely no symmetry between what

Embattled Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken issued another apology on Thanksgiving afternoon, saying he would work to regain Minnesotans’ trust after two more women came forward this week with allegations he had groped them.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Happening Now,” Fox News host and Media Analyst Howard Kurtz reacted to the apology issued by Senator Al Franken (D-MN)  on Thursday by arguing the apology still isn’t sufficient. Kurtz said the apology is

A Wednesday Washington Post op-ed is calling for Republicans to give the Clintons a pass and stop discussing decades of sexual misconduct and scandals because “their political careers are over.”

During an interview on the “Axe Files” podcast released on Wednesday, former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D), who also served as HHS Secretary under President Obama, blasted the response to allegations against former President Bill Clinton as doubling down on

President Donald Trump believes that Congress should release the names of every lawmaker who settled harassment cases quietly with taxpayer money.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that if the allegations against Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) are true, “they should both go.” He also stated that he would resign if

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) argued that it is a “distraction” to talk about Senator Al Franken (D-MN) resigning and stated that while former President Bill Clinton’s behavior can’t be defended, we should “move forward.”

Three dozen female Saturday Night Live cast and crew members, who worked alongside Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, signed a statement “offering solidarity in support” to the embattled lawmaker who’s been accused of groping by multiple women.

The New York Post received two separate photographs of disgraced Senator Al Franken (D-MN) appearing to grope Arianna Huffington’s butt and breast.

On Friday, just the day after two women accused Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of harassment, HuffPo published an article titled, “The Framing Of Al Franken By Two Trump Supporters; And The Dems Are Playing Right Along.” The piece is written by David Fagin, a frequent HuffPo contributor.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) stated that she may call for the resignation of Senator Al Franken (D-MN) at some time, but she isn’t doing so yet. Speier said, “I think an Ethics Committee investigation

Texas woman Lindsay Menz‏ has accused Sen. Al Franken of grabbing her inappropriately from behind during a 2010 photo with the senator at the Minnesota State Fair.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has been cut from an upcoming PBS special on David Letterman in the wake of accusations that he groped and forcefully kissed a woman without her consent during an alleged incident in 2006.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who defended her own husband from multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment for decades, entered the political sexual misconduct crossfire Friday, taking aim at the president who defeated her.