U.S. Rep. Andy Barr's Senate campaign announcement ends months of speculation about whether he would jump into the race.

Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr said in a Tuesday announcement he is all in on a campaign to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Cory Booker’s speech served as a reminder of the Senate’s potential for meaningful debate, but also underscored how far the ...

By: Bianca Machain, April 22, 2025 From March 31 at 7 p.m. to April 1, at 8:05 p.m. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey stood on the Senate floor and delivered the longest speech in Senate history centered ...

Despite lacking congressional power, Democrats are finding new ways to challenge the Trump administration's actions.

Long speeches incorporate varied topics and texts. Whether or not these digressions are relevant to the issue at hand, they make the speaker’s remarks last longer.

The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while ...

Charles Hunt, an assistant professor in the political science department, recently wrote for The Conversation about United ...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker made history with a 25-hour and five-minute speech given on the floor of the Senate. He was ...

Though he attacked Donald Trump, Booker also made appeals to the same myth of American innocence that the administration leans on.

In the narrowest sense the moment was the speech itself. Noting that near the Senate chamber there is a room named in honor ...

Booker’s speech took direct aim at President Donald Trump, who, in just the first two months of his second term, has used executive orders to dismantle federal agencies, upend the federal workforce ...