Booker sets record for longest Senate speech ever with anti-Trump marathon

Booker surpassed the record of former Sen. Strom Thurmond who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 with a 24-hour and 18-minute speech.

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Author: Stephen Neukam

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

Democrat Cory Booker rails against Trump and Musk in record-breaking Senate speech lasting more than 24 hours

Cory Booker, a New Jersey senator, said last night he intends to disrupt the “normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able”.

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Author: Sky News

Serial rapist PhD student Zhenhao Zou accused by more women

Zhenhao Zou is believed to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders

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Author: Tristan Kirk

Serial drug-rape student – 23 more women make allegations

Police in London say Zhenhao Zou’s “offending group is far greater” than they had realised.

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Author: @BBCNews

23 women say they were raped by student feared to be one of Britain’s worst predators

A string of survivors have come forward after serial rapist Zhenhao Zou, 28, was found guilty of drugging and abusing women

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Author: Amy-Clare Martin

Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou

London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears

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Author: Vikram Dodd

Police contacted by 23 potential victims of rapist Zhenhao Zou

Chinese man convicted of raping ten women in London and his country of birth will be sentenced in June

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Author: David Woode, Crime Correspondent

The Hives Announce New Album and World Tour Starting in Australia

The Hives have announced Australia as the first stop of their 2025 world tour in support of a brand new album

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Author: Neil Griffiths Neil Griffiths

You Should Watch Sam Mendes’s Beatles Movies in Order

Though that may depend on which order you think the Beatles go in.

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Author: Fran Hoepfner

Rockers tempted to quit after Aussie tour

When Swedish indie rockers The Hives last toured Australia a decade ago, frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist was tempted to quit.

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Author: Kathy McCabe

The Hives announce new album The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, 2025 tour

The Hives have announced their new album, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, and a 2025 world tour. Plus, hear first single “Enough Is Enough.”

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Author: Eddie Fu

Queens Of The Stone Age & Beastie Boys Members Featured On New Album From The Hives

“The Hives Forever Forever The Hives” will be out this August.

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Author: wookubus

See Which House Members Rejected Johnson’s Effort Against Proxy Voting

Nine Republicans joined Democrats to force a vote to allow members who had new children to vote by proxy.

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Author: The New York Times

House revolt over Republican bid to stop new parents from voting by proxy

Small group of Republican lawmakers help Democrats to obstruct key procedural motion in setback for GOP

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Author: Chris Stein

GOP lawmakers sink Speaker Johnson’s effort to kill remote voting push for new parents

Nine Republicans joined with all Democrats to vote against a procedural rule to advance a package of GOP-led bills over the proxy vote fight.

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Author: Scott Wong,Melanie Zanona,Kyle Stewart

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.

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Author: Annie Karni

Bitter feud between Speaker Johnson and Rep. Luna over remote voting for new parents roils House GOP

A bitter feud between Mike Johnson and fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is roiling the House GOP as multiple lawmakers privately accuse the speaker of being anti-family and mull voting against him in a floor vote Tuesday.

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Author: Sarah Ferris

Senate Republicans consider joining Democrats to oppose Trump over tariffs

Republican defections would amount to rare public rebuke as concerns mount over impact of president’s plans

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Author: Lauren Gambino

Scoop: Elon Musk and DOGE staff would face drug testing under House Democrat’s bill

Special government employees would be barred from federal service for a year if they test positive for certain illegal drugs.

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Author: Andrew Solender

Democrats use FDA hearing to protest agency job cuts

“Rome is burning and we’re talking about sunscreen,” Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) said.

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Author: Ben Leonard

Who is Cory Booker? The Democrat making a marathon speech against Trump (and why it’s not a filibuster)

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Author: Sky News

Republican senators face uncomfortable vote on Trump’s Canadian tariffs

Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of Donald Trump’s tariff plans to the test by forcing a vote, which could come as early as Tuesday, to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the levies on Canada.

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Author: The Associated Press · Posted: Apr 01, 2025 7:42 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

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