Al Franken has a unique vantage point from which to evaluate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. Both made the transition from comedy to political office, with Franken serving as a U.S. Senator ...

After skewering the right-wing media in his 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, comedian and satirist Al Franken returns with the authoritatively-titled The Truth (With Jokes), an ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the U.S. Senate on Saturday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a ...

How 'bout those Minnesotans? First they elect a third-party apolitical former pro wrestler as their 38th governor, now it seems a comedian will serve a six-year U.S. Senate term. After all the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot” wants to be taken ...