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For more than 25 hours, the New Jersey Democrat stood at the Senate lectern speaking against President Donald Trump’s policies in what may be the most dramatic and sustained public challenge to Trump...
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Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the State Supreme Court yesterday, maintaining the court's four-three liberal majority.
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Booker's speech, which he framed as a response to calls for action from his constituents, focused on criticizing the Trump administration's policies.
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Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration
First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling challenge to Trump’s agenda
Here's Cory Booker’s Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Senate Speech
We got access to the New Jersey Senator's health info from his record-breaking address. Here's what it showed.
Senator Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was HISTORIC; Here Are 15 Of Its Most Impactful Moments
The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes, approximately 46 minutes longer.
Democrats win Wisconsin, Republican margins sag in Florida | The Excerpt
Cory Booker breaks the record for the longest known Senate speech. Plus, actor Val Kilmer dies at 65. It's all on The Excerpt.
Lawrence: After Cory Booker's 25-hour Senate speech, the odds don't seem so impossible anymore
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
Cory Booker’s historic speech energizes a discouraged Democratic base
As Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.
What's the longest filibuster in US history? What did Cory Booker talk about for 25 hours?
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record this week for the longest speech ever made on the Senate floor, but it wasn't a filibuster. Here's why.
How to talk for a very, very long time
After Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech, a voice actor, speech-language pathologist, and physician weigh in.
Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete
Senator Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech—an “ oratorical marathon ” and a “ feat of political endurance ,” according to reporters—was nearly an hour longer than Strom Thurmond’s 1957 attempt to filibuster the Civil Rights Act.
Is Cory Booker's speech the longest in Senate history? It's not a filibuster. What to know
Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What to know.
Sen. Cory Booker breaks Senate record with marathon 24-hour speech protesting Trump and Musk
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.
The Cory Booker Endurance Test
For 25 hours straight, Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor delivering the longest speech in the chamber’s history without stopping to eat, go to the bathroom or even sit down. “My body is definitely going through it right now,” Mr. Booker said in an interview Wednesday evening. “But my spirit is so high.”
Booker '28: N.J. senator meets the moment for Dems but is another WH bid in his future?
Cory Booker may have done more than give Democrats the moment they've been starving for against President Donald Trump and his Republican congressional majorities. He might have also jumped the line in a too-soon-to-contemplate 2028 presidential candidate list.
People Are Just Discovering Who Cory Booker's Cousin Is
Amid the buzz around Booker's record-breaking speech, some social media users have rediscovered an unexpected fact—Cory Booker is actually the DNA cousin of legendary drag performer and television host RuPaul.
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With a nod to America's civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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