DENMARK, S.C. (AP) — Deanna Miller Berry doesn’t often see presidential candidates. So when New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker recently came to Bamberg County, South Carolina, she was primed to unload about a contaminated water system. “What is your plan to fix it?” Berry asked, her eyes narrowed. Booker, former mayor of Newark, the largest […]
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Nearing the end of a lively town hall with hundreds of voters packed into an art gallery, Cory Booker surveyed the crowd and reassured them that his sunny, unity-first presidential campaign is also tough. “People who think my philosophy is weak, come on,” the New Jersey Democratic senator said, chiding those […]
Check out our honorees 30 – 20 below. 30. Nona Hendryx Age: 74 Who She Is: Member of the group Labelle What She Does: Since moving on from music Hendryx as started a program called SisteSMATR. Where She’s From: Trenton, New Jersey Why She Made Our List: Her program is dedicated to getting young women involved in and […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is taking his call for social justice to Iowa, where he plans to visit with black leaders this weekend on his first trip to the early 2020 caucus state as a Democratic presidential candidate. Booker is using rhetoric reminiscent of the civil rights movement to […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Days after the official launch of his presidential bid, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker announced key staff hires in several early voting states on Monday, naming veteran political operatives to head up his campaign in some of the first critical battlegrounds of the 2020 voting calendar. The hiring moves are the New […]
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has thrown his hat into the increasingly crowded 2020 presidential race, first announcing his candidacy on the Tom Joyner Morning Show today. He explained: “Publicly, I wanted to come on this show, Tom, cause of what you mean to so many people in this country. I want everybody to know […]
There was a major shift in criminal justice last night when a rare coalition of conservatives, liberals, activists, prosecutors and defense attorneys pushed senators to pass the “First Step Act” by a final vote of 87-12. This bill could make America’s criminal justice system more fair, reduce overcrowding and save taxpayer dollars. It’s expected to benefit drug […]
Two more packages containing explosive devices were discovered Friday, one in Florida addressed to Sen. Cory Booker and another in New York addressed to former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, MSNBC reports. The package mailed to Clapper was addressed to CNN’s New York offices, according to a picture tweeted by CBS New York, and […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Cory Booker had hundreds of Democratic activists nodding, applauding and eventually roaring — complete with a sermon-style call-and-response — as he entertained the Orangeburg County party barbecue to put the exclamation point on his first day in South Carolina as a potential presidential contender. The New Jersey senator’s two-day swing to […]
President Donald Trump made comments about immigration explaining that he’d rather have people come from countries like the Netherlands and Norway insinuating that he’d want white people in the U.S over other races. DL talks with Sen. Cory Booker who put a cabinet secretary for the Homeland Security in her place about just how […]
Senator Cory Booker is facing death threats and more police officers have been added to his security detail in Newark, New Jersey.
Two potential Democratic presidential candidates are getting rid of the money donated to them by Harvey Weinstein in the wake of an explosive New York Times report that the movie mogul sexually harassed women for “decades.” A spokesman for Cory Booker, the junior senator from New Jersey, said he is donating $7,800 that he received […]
