Politics

Senator Al Franken announced his resignation Thursday, Dec. 7 from the Senate floor. The announcement will have a large political ripple effect as politicians fight to fill his vacant seat, likely bringing a national spotlight to Minnesota’s 2018 election.

Minnesota is facing a $188 million deficit, according to the latest projection from the state budget office. Last year at this time, Minnesota Management and Budget officials had a projected budget surplus of a $1.4 billion.

Democratic Rep. John Conyers resigned from Congress on Tuesday after a nearly 53-year career, becoming the first Capitol Hill politician to lose his job in the torrent of sexual misconduct allegations sweeping through the nation's workplaces.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has tentatively scheduled a special election on Feb. 12, 2018 to fill the seats of Democratic Sen. Dan Schoen and Republican Rep. Tony Cornish. Schoen and Cornish are resigning over accusations of sexual harassment.

State Senator Daniel Schoen submitted his official resignation to Governor Mark Dayton Monday afternoon after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has passed a nearly $1.5 trillion Republican tax bill that's historic in scope and an urgent political priority for President Donald Trump and the GOP.

WASHINGTON (AP) -  President Donald Trump says he had to fire his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, because of his lies to Vice President Mike Pence and the FBI. 

The most high-profile claims recently bubbled up from Hollywood and its ‘couch culture.’ But sexual harassment will take stage in Northern California on Capitol Hill later on Tuesday, as an assemblywoman convenes the first hearing on changing the legislature’s own underbelly culture.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken said he feels "embarrassed and ashamed" amid allegations that he groped several women, but said he looks forward to returning to work on Monday and gradually regaining voters' trust.

In a Thanksgiving Day statement, Senator Al Franken is apologizing to Minnesotans and making a commitment to regain their trust after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct have been brought to light.

Following allegations of sexual harassment, Representative Tony Cornish announced he will be resigning from his position at the Capitol by Dec. 1.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michigan Rep. John Conyers says he is stepping aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee amid a congressional investigation into allegations he sexually harassed female staff members. 

The Huffington Post is reporting that two more women are accusing Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., of groping them in separate incidents, with both coming during Franken's first run for the Senate.

Sen. Al Franken has written a letter to the woman who accused him of forcibly kissing and groping her, saying he is ashamed of his actions and apologizes.

A day after a Los Angeles radio personality accused Senator Al Franken sexual harassment, there are new calls for him to resign. At the same time, former staffers are stepping forward to defend Franken.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken has apologized and pledged to cooperate with an ethics investigation following allegations from KABC radio host Leeann Tweeden that Franken kissed and groped her without consent during a 2006 USO Tour.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar says the sexual assault allegations against her fellow senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, are "another example of why we need to change work environments and reporting practices across the nation, including in Congress."

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Gov. Mark Dayton's line-item veto of the Legislature's operating budget, declining to referee a political dispute between two co-equal branches of government that it said could resolve the issue themselves.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson have issued a challenge to members of the U.S. House who vote for the Republican tax reform bill, H.R. 1: Publicly pledge to run for re-election.