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Cory Booker

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Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from New Jersey, a position he has held since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker previously served as the mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, where he focused on urban development and public safety initiatives. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, affordable housing, and healthcare access. Throughout his career, Booker has emphasized the importance of community engagement and bipartisanship in addressing the challenges facing New Jersey and the nation.

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Jun 23, 2026

This has been a morally bankrupt war and an utter, abject failure when it comes to getting anything approaching all the promises Donald Trump made.

rollcall.com
Jun 23, 2026

Across New Jersey and communities nationwide, summer programs do so much more than fill the months between school years—they also give kids a true sense of purpose and belonging. They open doors for young people to discover new passions…

murphy.senate.gov
Jun 23, 2026

What the world needs now is leadership. But from our Middle East allies to our NATO allies, I’m hearing over and over again, ‘Your president is a danger to the world.’

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

This is a guy who said he’s a great negotiator. But right now, Iran has billions and billions of dollars of benefits.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

This has been a cataclysmic failure of his making.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

Yeah, I’m proud to be leading the effort to stop Donald Trump from leading our country into further and further disaster.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

Shame on Congress. It’s time we get a Congress that will stand up to this president.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

We need to curtail this chaotic, corrupt and cruel president. We need to have checks and balances on his power.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

This president has led this nation into a disaster. We have surrendered our power. We have capitulated to the enemy.

huffpost.com
Jun 23, 2026

The NCAA, which can't be trusted, has shown decade after decade, (of) failing college athletes.

foxnews.com
Jun 22, 2026

I’ve seen decade after decade, how the NCAA has screwed athletes. And so we need to make sure there's firm athletic protections and not trust the NCAA to do it.

foxnews.com
Jun 17, 2026

We're going to be releasing billions of dollars to this enemy.

reason.com
Jun 9, 2026

Carjackings are a serious crime … but I think here this bill is doing some things that have been proven to be misguided, that undermine a sense of fairness and decency.

coloradonewsline.com
Jun 5, 2026

To deliberately deploy public funds, in violation of the Constitution and the laws of this nation, to compensate these perpetrators is to use the machinery of democratic government to subsidize an attack on that government's most…

cbsnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

The gravity of that transformation cannot be overstated.

cbsnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

The Anti-Weaponization Fund presents an immediate and dire threat to our constitutional order and the authority of Congress.

cbsnews.com
Jun 4, 2026

We will keep speaking up and standing with the American people as we continue the work to advance this War Powers Resolution.

duckworth.senate.gov
Jun 3, 2026

This [Iranian] regime is getting money to rebuild, purchase more drones, cause more havoc

reason.com
Jun 1, 2026

So much is riding on Democrats taking control. If we do not get the votes necessary to take care of the House and the Senate, we will continue to have an out-of-control president.

theguardian.com
Jun 1, 2026

Yes, I have concerns. That guy has questions to answer – and that’s what campaigns are for.

theguardian.com
May 29, 2026

MAHA parents are being betrayed by the current administration over the herbicide.

washingtonexaminer.com
May 29, 2026

We should be telling those loving moms and dads that they are right, right about the chemicals, right about the ultra-processed foods, right about the chronic disease, right that something in America is profoundly broken.

washingtonexaminer.com
May 28, 2026

This reporting makes clear that we need federal legislation to rein in the over-use and misuse of tear gas and chemical agents.

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