L.A. Anchor Accuses Sen. Franken Of Groping, Kissing Her Without Consent
A Los Angeles radio news anchor and model is accusing Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of kissing her without her consent and touching her breasts while she was asleep.
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A Los Angeles radio news anchor and model is accusing Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of kissing her without her consent and touching her breasts while she was asleep.
Leeann Tweeden's accusation against Sen. Al Franken is not the first time he has been dogged by controversy.
Franken said that he is "asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate."
A radio anchor accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.
The United States Senate opened hearings Tuesday on Facebook, Twitter and Google to figure out how to handle subversive and violent online content posted by foreign countries.
Franken's visit was organized by Wish of a Lifetime, a nonprofit that grants wishes to older people in Minnesota.
Sen. Al Franken broke down on the Senate floor Wednesday as he paid tribute to his friend, Paul Wellstone.
A federal program that helps Minnesota farmers and ranchers who lose livestock to wolves has run out of money for the year.
Abby Honold was a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Minnesota when she was raped three years ago.
At a hearing Wednesday, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken asked about the fine print in the Equifax agreement with consumers.
According to research, 65 percent of students say they've skipped buying a coursebook because of the cost.
Sen. Al Franken wants you to have more control over your personal information.
Protesters in Minnesota are expressing their outrage at the president's decision to rescind DACA.
Sen. Al Franken says he'll oppose Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras' nomination to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The group of faith leaders at the meeting represents millions of Christans, Jews and Muslims in Minnesota.
Home senators often get the final say before allowing nominations to progress for Senate confirmation.
David Letterman and Sen. Al Franken were both feeling frustrated about pessimism around the topic of climate change — so they got together to talk about it.
U.S. Senator Al Franken is speaking out about the Republican efforts in the Senate to repeal and replace Obamacare -- and its impact on people in Minnesota.
United States Senator Al Franken announced the winners of his sixth annual poetry contest in St. Paul Friday.
A day after Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted in the shooting death of Philando Castile, Sen. Al Franken said that the 32-year-old cafeteria worker "did not deserve to die."
The shootings happened at a practice for the Republican team in Alexandria, Virginia.
Attorney General Jeff Session testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday regarding the investigation into Russian election meddling.
Sen. Al Franken says he will not appear as scheduled on Friday's "Real Time with Bill Maher" in the wake of Maher's use of a racial slur on last week's show.
In the aftermath of the London Bridge attack, British Prime Minister Theresa May called for the international regulation of the internet to prevent the spread of radical ideologies.
Minnesota Senator Al Franken has changed his mind about having comedian Kathy Griffin appear at one of his upcoming events.
