On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It lasted 24 hours ...

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 ...

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.

The Democratic senator from New Jersey broke the record set by segregationist Strom Thurmond in 1957, saying later that ...

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what is expected to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep ...

Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon ... “And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave ...

WASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the ...

Democratic senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the US Senate floor with a marathon critique of president Donald Trump. The New Jersey official took to the floor on Monday ...

US Senator Cory Booker has made history with the longest Senate floor speech in modern times, speaking for 25 hours and five minutes in a dramatic protest against the policies of President Donald ...

A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening — and he doesn’t plan on leaving it any time soon.

Cory Booker says he did not eat for days and purposely dehydrated himself in preparation ... Booker, who took the floor Monday night at 7 p.m., said in a video posted on X that he planned to disrupt ...