First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling challenge to Trump’s agenda

After breaking the Senate record for longest floor speech, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., gave an innocuous answer about whether he sees himself as the Democratic Party’s next leader.

Close to breaking the Senate record for the long speech, New Jersey's Cory Booker ripped into Trump & his attacks on the rule of law & history itself.

Cory Booker made history with the longest speech ever delivered on the Senate floor. On Tuesday night (Apr. 1), Booker rallied in the final hours of his marathon speech aimed at Donald Trump, Elon Musk,

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.

As NPR noted, “The longest filibuster on record was a 1957 speech by then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina — in opposition to the Civil Rights Act — that lasted for 24 hours and 18 minutes.” Technically, Booker’s speech was not a filibuster since the Senate wasn’t holding a debate over a specific bill or nominee.

Senator Cory Booker on Tuesday evening set a chamber record by assailing the policies of President Donald Trump in a speech that lasted a little more than 25 hours.

"And so we all have a responsibility, I believe, to do something different, to cause—as [the late] John Lewis said—'good trouble,' and that includes me."

Billboard Women in Music 2025 UPDATED, with details of Booker finishing speech: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) shattered a nearly 68-year record this evening, as he spoke on the Senate floor for 24 hours and 19 minutes to protest President Donald Trump‘s tenure.