That’s what happened during Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act – the longest speech on the Senate floor before Booker’s performance. When Thurmond needed a bathroom break ...

Ultimately, it should not be surprising that Booker publicly challenged Trump. Like many politicians, he politicized the ...

Just when prophetic witness felt muted by political expediency, Senator Cory Booker's unprecedented 25-hour marathon speech ...

In the narrowest sense the moment was the speech itself. Noting that near the Senate chamber there is a room named in honor ...

That’s what Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., had on hand when he took to the Senate floor Monday to begin what would become a 25-hour rebuke of the Trump administration’s policies — breaking the late ...

Fitting that Senator Cory Booker broke segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's reocord for the longest Senate floor speech on ...

Sen. Cory Booker is amazingly brave and physically strong to stand and speak for over 25 hours in the Senate ("Sen. Cory Booker sets record with marathon Senate speech opposing Trump’s agenda," April ...

Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against authoritarianism and in support of Americans feeling the stress of the Trump administration’s economic policies.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker finally gave voters the kind of protest they’ve been pleading for ever since Donald Trump became ...

Cory Booker took a version of his record-breaking Senate floor ... In doing so, he broke the record for the longest floor speech, which was set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to ...

On Tuesday at 7:19 p.m., Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) surpassed the late South Carolina segregationist Strom Thurmond’s longstanding record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate, which ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025, when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, delivering the longest floor speech in the ...