Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
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Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against President Trump's "unconstitutional" actions.
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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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More importantly Booker, 55, gave Democrats life, effectively making the case that he should lead their party in the Senate.
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Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech has stirred presidential speculation, but experts told Newsweek it's too early to know how viable of a candidate he may be in 2028.Newsweek reached out to Booker for comment via his office and political team.
For a day, at least, Democrats across the country have a sense that their comeback against President Donald Trump may have begun. It wasn't just about the election results in Wisconsin, where Democratic-backed Judge Susan Crawford won a 10-point victory against Trump and Elon Musk's favored candidate for the state Supreme Court.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 68 years ago.
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Sen. Cory Booker says he did not eat for days and purposely dehydrated himself in preparation for his record-breaking marathon speech that ended Tuesday night on the Senate floor. The senior Democrat from New Jersey mounted a lengthy protest against the policies of the Trump administration,
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history on Tuesday night.
Frank Luntz said the New Jersey senator’s performance might have even positioned him as the Democratic nominee for president in 2028.
The New Jersey Democrat held the Senate floor for over 25 hours, toppling a record set decades ago by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.
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.
Cory Booker's speech passed the record set by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957.