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MN Senators Attack GOP Attempt at Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON - As Senate Republicans attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Senate Democrats are desperate to save former President Barack...

Did Prep-School Grad Franken Grow Up As “Middle Class” As He...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -  Minnesota Sen. Al Franken frequently reflects on his “middle class” upbringing saying it is one of the reasons he is...

Russian Ambassador More Credible Than AG Sessions? Franken Thinks So.

WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee following an anonymous report...

Franken, Klobuchar Impressed With FBI Nominee Wray

WASHINGTON - Nominee for FBI Director Christopher Wray faced the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee last week, earning unusually high praise from Minnesota Sens. Al...

Picking a New Lawyer for the State

ST. PAUL, Minn.- There is another partisan competition brewing in Minnesota, this time over who should be the next U.S. attorney for the state. According...

Franken Calls Voter Fraud “Baseless Conspiracy Theory”

WASHINGTON - Last week the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity requested voter rolls from each state to investigate potential voter fraud. Now Minnesota...

Minnesota Democrats Plan to Resist Repeal and Replace

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Mark Dayton is taking a strong stance against the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act by Senate Republicans....

Prep-School Grad Franken Tells Dems to Stop Riding In Limousines

WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken has a message for out of touch Democrats. “We gotta stop riding in limousines,” Franken said during an interview...

Minnesota Senators Find Unlikely Alliance With GOP Members Over Health Care

WASHINGTON — Republican Senators released their version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) Thursday morning. According to The Atlantic:  “Like the version passed through...

Franken & Ellison: Purveyors of Hate (opinion)

“Civility” in politics is always pushed when the Left, yet again, oversteps the bounds of decency, unable to defend their latest transgression and forced...