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Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.), is urging regulators to reject the pending AT&T’s merger, joining the Senate’s antitrust chair and other lawmakers in what may be a growing legislative backlash against the deal.

Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.

Norm Coleman conceded to Al Franken in the contested Senate race in Minnesota, hours after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Franken had won.

Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election results.

The U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota that could give President Barack Obama's Democrats the margin to pass legislation without Republican interference remains unfilled six months after the votes were cast.

A new poll shows nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans -- 63% -- think it's time for former Republican senator Norm Coleman to concede the state's contested Senate seat to Democrat Al Franken. A special three-judge panel ruled this week that Franken...

Republican Norm Coleman caught a break Thursday in his Minnesota Senate election trial when the three judges in the case reversed ...

Dealing "a blow but not a knockout" to Norm Coleman's (R) hopes, "the judges in the U.S. Senate election trial on Friday tossed out most of the 19 categories of rejected absentee ballots they were considering for a second look," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

You know you're low when you have lower ethical standards than a convicted felon, but that's where former Sen. Norm Coleman finds himself.

Roland Burris, the Illinois Democrat who has been fighting for two weeks to join the Senate, says Vice President Dick Cheney will swear him in Thursday at 2 p.m. ET on the Senate floor. Thus will end -- at least...