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Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis tie the knot in New Jersey and DC ceremonies

Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis are officially husband and wife. The New Jersey senator and Lewis, a director of a real estate investment firm, were married in two ceremonies: one at a courthouse in Newark, New Jersey on Monday, witnessed by their parents, and one on Saturday in Lewis’s native Washington, D.C, which was followed by a family-only reception. According to the New York Times, which covered the event, the couple had an intimate, interfaith ceremony for Booker, who is […]

todayNovember 30, 2025 4

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‘I am not afraid of you!’: Senator Booker clashes with FBI Director Kash Patel over Trump’s MAGA agenda

Sparks were flying during a hearing for the Senate Judiciary Committee between U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., and FBI Director Kash Patel, which resulted in a testy shouting match. “I am not afraid of you!” Booker yelled as he and Patel clashed during a Tuesday hearing on the FBI director’s leadership since being confirmed by the U.S. Senate in February. Patel accused Booker of spreading “falsehoods” after the New Jersey senator pressed the FBI director over the terminations of top […]

todaySeptember 16, 2025

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‘Don’t be complicit!’: Booker clashes with fellow Dems over police funding amid Trump’s ‘violation’ of constitution

Emotions were high on the U.S. Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Democratic senators clashed in a war of words over a dispute while trying to pass proposals that would boost funding for police departments nationwide. U.S. Cory Booker, D-N.J., objected to the bills containing federal police grants introduced by fellow Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto of New Mexico, arguing that the funding would not reach Democratic-controlled states like his in New […]

todayJuly 30, 2025 1

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Cory Booker faces backlash for vote to confirm Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law for ambassador role

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., is facing political backlash after voting to confirm Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, as the U.S. ambassador to France. Booker was the only Democrat to join a majority of Republicans to confirm Kushner 51-45. Kushner, a real estate billionaire and father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, witness tampering, and tax evasion in 2005. President Trump pardoned Charles Kushner for his crimes at the end of […]

todayMay 23, 2025 11

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Booker breaks Senate floor speech record held by segregationist who opposed Black civil rights

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., broke the record for the longest speech given on the Senate floor on Tuesday as he protested the first 71 days of President Donald Trump’s administration. Booker officially broke the record at 7:19 p.m. Ironically, Booker surpassed the previous record — 24 hours and 18 minutes — held by Sen. Strom Thurmond, a segregationist who used the Senate procedure known as a filibuster in an effort to block the passage of landmark civil rights legislation […]

todayApril 1, 2025 2

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Cory Booker undergos hours-long Senate speech in protest of Trump actions

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., launched a marathon speech on the U.S. Senate floor on Monday evening in protest of several actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, vowing to go for hours into the night. As of Tuesday morning, Booker has stood on the Senate floor for 12 hours. Evoking the legacy of the late U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, Booker quoted the civil rights icon: “He said, get in good trouble, necessary trouble. Help redeem the […]

todayApril 1, 2025

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White House convening of descendants was years in the making, says multi-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington

Dozens of descendants and families of prominent Black civil rights leaders and historical figures gathered at the White House on Tuesday for a historic convening for Black History Month, fulfilling a plan set in motion nearly 20 years ago.  “It’s been really wonderful,” Kenneth B. Morris Jr., standing outside the West Wing, said of the gathering he helped organize.   Morris, a multi-great grandson of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass, and more than two dozen other descendants and family members […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024