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Coronavirus June 24, 2020

Meat plants questioned on record pork shipments to China despite warnings of shortage due to coronavirus

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are initiating an investigation into several meat plants after the companies pushed to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic-- citing a meat shortage that triggered raised prices-- despite a record-high number of pork shipments to China. 

Cory Booker June 18, 2020

Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt blocks unanimous-consent bill that would remove Confederate statues from Capitol

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., blocked a bill presented by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,   that moved to unanimously remove the confederate statues from the Capitol Thursday.

Couples June 18, 2020

Rosario Dawson moving to New Jersey to be near boyfriend Sen. Cory Booker

Rosario Dawson is moving across the country for her boyfriend, US Senator Cory Booker. 

OPINION June 9, 2020

Donna Brazile: Justice in Policing Act – what's in this historic bill and why it must pass now

Transparency! Accountability! Aren’t these virtues among the very least we should expect from the police in our country? 

Cory Booker June 4, 2020

Emotional Cory Booker decries Rand Paul's opposition to federal anti-lynching bill: 'I am so raw today'

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., became emotional on the Senate floor Thursday after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., held up legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to life in prison.

George Floyd June 4, 2020

Several Senate Dems kneel during George Floyd moment of silence

Five Senate Democrats took a knee as the chamber's minority caucus gathered in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Thursday to share in an eight-minute moment of silence for George Floyd.

Democrats June 3, 2020

Congressional Black Caucus chair rejects call to defund police, but pushes for June vote on reforms

The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus rejected growing demands from activists for a national defunding of police departments but said the House is forging ahead with passing police reforms as soon as this month. 

Joe Biden May 8, 2020

Trump campaign releases Spanish ad targeting Dems defending Biden over Tara Reade claims

The Trump campaign released a new ad in Spanish targeting Democrats for their response to the allegations Tara Reade made against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Cory Booker May 8, 2020

Cory Booker: Trump has created 'perverse' 'Hunger Games' where governors compete for resources

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., suggested on Friday that President Trump pitted governors against each other in a way that resembled the dystopian "Hunger Games" series.

ELECTIONS March 9, 2020

Democracy 2020 Digest: Dems circle wagons around Biden in Michigan

Sen. Cory Booker was back on the presidential campaign trail on Monday – not stumping for himself – but instead speaking out on behalf of onetime heated rival Joe Biden. Booker – who clashed a couple of times with the former vice president on the prime-time presidential nomination debate stage – called Biden a “statesman” as he introduced him at a campaign event in Flint, Michigan on the eve of that state’s crucial March 10 primary.

Joe Biden March 9, 2020

What Harris, Buttigieg, Booker and other rivals said about Biden before endorsing him

There are no long memories in politics, where today’s enemy can quickly become tomorrow’s best friend.