Washington is still reeling from Senator Al Franken's decision to resign. He made the announcement on the Senate floor yesterday amid allegations from numerous women that he had sexually harassed them. During his speech, Senator Franken cited the irony that he was stepping down while Roy Moore was still running for a place in the U.S. Senate with the president's full support.
Rare Politics Editor Jack Hunter lays out the debate happening in Congress over issues of sexual harassment. He says that this is a far-reaching issue that clearly crosses party lines.
Senator Franken isn't the only member of Congress to resign this week due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Arizona Congressman Trent Franks resigned upon learning he was being investigated by the Congressional Ethics Committee. Hunter discusses how these resignations will impact the future of Congress.
Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is back at work after being acquitted in his impeachment trial.
Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging that two agents who claimed interference into the case against him wrongly shared his personal tax information amid escalating legal and political struggles as the 2024 election looms.
Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, officials said.
Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas.
Newly acquitted of impeachment charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is back on the job and getting back to the usual.
Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.”
Closing arguments were underway in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Nikki Haley is expected to return to Iowa this weekend to lock in voters ahead of next year's presidential election.
Closing arguments are set to begin Friday in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
