Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for ...

As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his ...

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey eclipsed the speech record on the Senate floor held by alleged racist, the late Sen. Strom ...

Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor, but it was not filibuster. A filibuster is a speech ...

Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by ...

Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from ...

Cory Booker wrote himself into the Senate annals Tuesday, setting a new record for the chamber’s longest speech when he held ...

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor in a marathon speech, beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 ...

Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against authoritarianism and in support of Americans feeling the stress of the Trump ...

Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What ...

Senator Booker surpassed the previous record of 24 hours and 18 minutes held by Senator Strom Thurmond in 1957. Senator Strom ...

The immeasurable power of everyday people has been Booker’s mantra since he was elected mayor of Newark, N.J., and became a ...