WASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the Senate floor, where he has been delivering a marathon speech railing against President Donald Trump and his administration's sweeping policy changes.

Amid the buzz around Booker's record-breaking speech, some social media users have rediscovered an unexpected fact—Cory Booker is actually the DNA cousin of legendary drag performer and television host RuPaul.

An adrift Democratic Party received a much-needed jolt of energy this week when Democratic senator Cory Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.

Booker's record-breaking speech offers Democrats a road map for resistance they hope will motivate their base.

Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.

Booker didn’t just give a speech—he gave an experience. Senator Cory Booker just set a U.S. Senate record by speaking for 25 hours 5 minutes—an act of protest, endurance, and message amplification that was impossible to ignore.

The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha dismissed Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) speech on Tuesday, deeming it “performance art of the cheesiest variety” as the latest stunt by the Democratic Party. Booker’s speech,