The former footballer kicked off his celebrations very early with a black-tie event held a whole month ahead of his actual birthday on May ... Romeo giving a sweet speech to honour his beloved ...

The joy they feel as children when receiving a gift is my joy as well, but once they are adults, it is now their turn to be ...

Strom Thurmond's 1957 speech against the Civil Rights Act went 24 hours and 18 minutes. Booker was still speaking just after the 25-hour mark. In a pre-recorded video posted to X while Booker is ...

He ended his speech at 8:05 p.m., 46 minutes after eclipsing Mr. Thurmond’s 24-hour 18-minute filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957. He finished by quoting John Lewis, the civil rights hero ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) broke a record Tuesday night for the longest U.S. Senate floor speech of the modern era, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 remarks inside the chamber that ...

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.

Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s ...

The late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, a Democrat-turned-Republican, holds the Senate record for the longest known floor speech at 24 hours and 18 minutes for his filibuster against the 1957 ...