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 ...

By breaking the Senate record for the longest floor speech in history with a searing critique of the Trump administration, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke Strom Thurmond's 24-hour civil rights filibuster record with a day-long speech, but Democrats ...