Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate's website. “I’m here because as ...

Fitting that Senator Cory Booker broke segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's reocord for the longest Senate floor speech on ...

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.) said Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (S.C.) record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the ...

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor for 25 hours and five minutes on Tuesday, taking aim at President ...

The Strom Thurmond softball team is jelling. And it showed with the group’s strong 10-3 start to the season with a 3-1 record in region play after beating Pelion 8-3 on March 25. “That's a goo ...

Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. One post on X stated: Booker has now broken the record as the longest single-person filibuster speech in the United States Senate.

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

The record for speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate once held by South Carolina U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond was broken earlier this week as part of ...

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

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

From breaking the filibuster record to a staffer being arrested, it was a busy April Fools’ Day on Capitol Hill.