Comedian, Emmy winner and former U.S. Sen. Al Franken is coming to ArtsQuest’s Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem. The Al Franken: The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour is scheduled for Feb. 18 ...

Al Franken was a child when the Soviet Union sent the first satellite into orbit around the Earth. He remembers his parents insisting that he and his older brother study math and science so they could ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, who was forced to resign in 2018 following a string of sexual misconduct allegations, is considering another run at public office. In an ...

The very bad news is that Los Angeles lost its own P.T. Barnum on Wednesday. Al Franken died at age 96. (No, not that Al Franken. Not the comic who became a senator from Minnesota and was tossed out ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – The name of the show playing the Egg on Saturday night, “Al Franken: The Only Former US Senator Currently on Tour,” might be confusing. Is the event a stand-up comedy show or a ...

The past few years have been unsettling for many — and Al Franken is no exception. After a successful career in comedy, including a lengthy stint on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Franken was twice ...

In some ways, Al Franken was a perfect fit as a Minnesota senator. In other ways, his political career was extremely unlikely. Now, four years after he was swept from office amidst a storm of sexual ...

A measure of Al Franken’s clout both within his sport and his hometown was evident on a movie set one spring day in 1953. Franken, the longtime Southern California track meet director, was parading ...

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. By Jason Zinoman It was a ...

Fatma Khaled is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in New York City. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, world news, and general interest news. Her coverage in the past focused on business, ...