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Booker says it ‘irked’ him that Thurmond held previous record to ‘stop people like me from being in the Senate’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the late se…

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky

Trump endorsement and Musk’s money not enough to flip Wisconsin Supreme Court

President Trump’s endorsement and Elon Musk’s money weren’t enough to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which liberals will hold onto. Abortion, redistricting and Tesla could come before the court.

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Author: Chuck Quirmbach

US senator breaks record with over 24-hour speech against Trump’s policies

Democratic Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest US Senate speech, exceeding 24 hours in a fiery protest against President Trump’s “unconstitutional” actions. Remaining standing throughout,…

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Author: FRANCE 24

Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something

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Author: David Smith

Cory Booker’s epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight

Democratic voters grown impatient with leaders who won’t counter Trump more aggressively.

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Author: Sareen Habeshian

Wisconsin supreme court race: Liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Liberal judge defeats Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history, which cost a combined $80m

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Author: Sam Levine

Democrat-backed candidate reelected as Wisconsin schools superintendent

Jill Underly was projected to prevail in her reelection for Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, beating challenger Brittany Kinser, according to Decision Desk HQ. Though the race is tec…

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Author: Caroline Vakil

Cory Booker’s nearly record breaking Senate speech is long even for a filibuster

ANALYSIS: In a marathon speech in the Senate chamber, New Jersey senator called for action to oppose Trump’s agenda – and his filibuster was his own version of that, Richard Hall writes.

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Author: Richard Hall

A US senator has been speaking for 24 hours and he is still going

He began speaking at 7pm local time in Washington on Monday and is still going, more than 24 hours and 18 minutes later.

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Author: ABC News

Booker’s speech tops 350 million likes on TikTok live

More than 350 million people liked Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) floor speech on TikTok live, as the senator approached 25 hours of holding the floor in the Senate chamber. By 7:07 p.m. EDT on Tuesda…

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky