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.

What is a filibuster? Is Senator Cory Booker's marathon speech the longest filibuster in US history? Here's what to know so far and watch live here.

Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate’s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week,

Kevin Batts, a staffer for Sen. Cory Booker, was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license just before the New Jersey Democrat's marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday, March 31, according to various news reports citing the Capitol Police.