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Rosario Dawson publicly congratulated her boyfriend, Cory Booker, on his reelection as a senator in New Jersey. The famous actress took to her Instagram page on Wednesday to share a black-and-white picture of the duo, congratulating him on securing his Senate seat in the 2020 election, writing she was “so proud and grateful” for him. […]

Sen. Cory Booker wants to bring new accountability for law enforcement officials, co-sponsoring a sweeping bill that would end the practice of qualified immunity that protects officers from being sued for actions that don’t violate a statute or constitutional right. As NPR reported, the New Jersey senator is a co-sponsor of the Justice in Policing […]

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker slammed Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday for being the sole person holding up the passing of H.R. 35, the Emmet Till Antilynching Act, which would make lynching a federal crime, Raw Story reported. Booker wrote the bill along with the two remaining African Americans in the Senate — Republican Sen. […]

New Jersey Sen. and former Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker appeared on Friday’s episode of The View and attacked Donald Trump‘s leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic. As reported by Breitbart, Booker stressed the importance of listening to scientists and medical professionals and pointed to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which experienced a second wave that […]

Actress and activist Rosario Dawson decided to come out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in a recent interview. The Rent star spoke to Bustle and shared that she was a part of the LGBTQ+ community two years after she caused speculation about her sexuality on social media. According to Hollywood Life, Dawson captioned […]

Senator Cory Booker has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. He announced on Twitter that he was suspending his campaign and his quest for the Democratic Party’s nomination. “It’s with a full heart that I share this news—I’m suspending my campaign for president. To my team, supporters, and everyone who gave me a shot—thank […]

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who has struggled to gain much traction in his attempt to become the Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential election, said he wants to face President Donald Trump “mano a mano” in a debate. According to The Hill, Booker made the comment during an interview Sunday on NBC News’ Meet […]

Senator Cory Booker will face at least one Democratic primary challenger for his Senate seat in 2020 — a Bernie Sanders supporter from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Lawrence Hamm, a civil rights activist who chairs the People’s Organization for Progress, announced on Thursday his plans to challenge Booker for the U.S. Senate seat […]

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is asking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to change its debate rules, BuzzFeed News reports. Booker — who has struggled since the beginning of the primary race, polling in single digits, with his campaign gaining almost no traction — did not qualify for the Democratic debate next week in Los […]

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg recently took heat for his comments on fellow candidate Cory Booker. During an interview with CBS’ Gayle King that was broadcast Friday, Bloomberg called Booker — an African American — “well-spoken,” which some suggested was offensive and patronizing to people of color due to its racist undertones. After the blowback, […]

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday and made a plea for donations amid a campaign that is reportedly struggling. Speaking with host John Dickerson, Booker asked American voters to consider supporting his campaign and reiterated his support for ending the partisan “tribalism” in Washington, Newsweek reports. Dickerson pressed Booker […]

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been surging in the primary and came in second place in a recent New Hampshire poll, trailing Bernie Sanders. Despite this, some have suggested that Buttigieg is peaking too early, and fellow candidate Cory Booker — who has been struggling in the polls — appears to agree that he’s […]

Sen. Cory Booker, a 2020 hopeful who hasn’t managed to gain much traction in both state and national polls, recently vowed to refuse support from fundraising Super PACs, which turned out to be the reported primary reason why one Super PAC, who was actively raising money for the New Jersey senator, decided to shut down […]

On Saturday, Democratic presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Cory Booker shared a funny moment at the 2019 Accessibility, Inclusion and Outreach Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Yang approached the United States Senator as he was speaking to an individual and began petting his arm. When Booker realizes it’s Yang, he greets him with a loud, […]

The 2020 Democratic primary could soon have its first big exit. As the historically large field of candidates vying for the nomination has started to thin out and recently dipped under 20 candidates, all of the most prominent names within the party remain in the race. That could soon be changing. As The Guardian reported, […]

Though New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, was transparent in letting his supporters know that he was in danger of missing an important donor threshold last week, on Sunday he announced that he crossed the threshold, one of the two important steps in qualifying him for the fifth Democratic presidential debate. […]

Cory Booker’s days in the 2020 presidential race could be numbered. On Saturday, NBC News reported on a memo circulating to the New Jersey senator’s campaign staff saying that he will be dropping out of the race within days if he is not able to raise $2 million. The memo came from campaign manager Addisu […]

A new report by Forbes reveals the Democratic presidential candidates with the most billionaire donors. According to the report, 67 billionaires donated to the 20 Democratic candidates that hit the debate stage last week as of July 15 — the last filing deadline with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The report reveals that Pete Buttigieg […]

Cory Booker said Monday that he sometimes feels like punching the president, blaming the urge on his testosterone levels, The Hill reported. The comments were made on an appearance on Monday night’s broadcast of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, available via YouTube. The Democrat senator from New Jersey said, however, that fighting the president […]

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it would not pursue charges against a New York City Police Department officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. Sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly on the case, told The Associated Press that the federal government would not prosecute Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his […]

Democrat Cory Booker praised on Saturday fellow presidential candidate Joe Biden for apologizing about remarks he had made about pro-segregation senators, Mediaite reports. “I’m frustrated that it took so long,” Booker said, proceeding to thank Biden for apologizing. “I’m grateful for him doing it — I mean, we can’t have a culture where — we […]

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey and a candidate for president, said Tuesday he would “virtually eliminate” all immigration detention were he elected to the nation’s highest office as part of a major overhaul of the Department of Homeland Security, The Hill reported. In a plan posted to his campaign website, the Booker […]

Cory Booker may be vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination with Kamala Harris, but he showed on Saturday that they’re still on the same team. Booker stood up for Harris after she faced controversial charges questioning whether she is authentically African-American and questioning her citizenship. BuzzFeed News traced the attacks back to a number of […]

Senator Cory Booker went viral on Thursday after giving fellow 2020 candidate Beto O’Rourke a serious side-eye during the first Democratic debate. Now, the New Jersey politician has revealed exactly what he was thinking during that moment. Booker appeared on Anderson Cooper 360, where he talked with the host about the truth behind the look. […]

The 2020 election is off to a hilarious start after an unintentionally funny moment at the Democratic debate on Wednesday went viral. Former Texas lawmaker Beto O’Rourke responded to a question about tax rates in Spanish rather than English, and Senator Cory Booker’s face during the response is causing social media to explode. According to […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner in most polls, drew some fire earlier this week following reports, per The Inquisitr, that he had praised a pair of senators with whom he served early in his Senate career. The two senators, James Eastland of Missisippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, were both […]

Joe Biden has refused to apologize for his remarks about two segregationist former senators whom he worked with during his early days in the Senate. The former vice president was slammed by his fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls for invoking the name of the late politicians, who vouched for racist and divisive policies, but he refused […]

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is a lifelong bachelor, which is a rarity among declared candidates for president. But in recent months, the senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has been dating actress Rosario Dawson. But now, there are rumblings that if Booker takes office, he won’t be so unmarried after all. Per TMZ, […]

Shortly after Robert Mueller offered his conclusion to the two-year investigation into President Donald Trump while announcing his resignation from the Justice Department, 2020 Democratic hopeful Sen. Cory Booker joined the ranks of Democrats calling for Trump’s impeachment. Mueller, who surprised newsrooms everywhere with barely an hour’s worth of warning before his rare press conference, […]

Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who is seeking his party’s nomination for president in 2020, proposed licensing for all gun owners nationwide, the Associated Press (via Yahoo News) reports. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia all have some form of licensing or permit requirements for gun owners. Booker, however, wants to see that […]

New Jersey senator and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker was giving a speech at an event in Florida on Sunday when a van crashed into the building outside the room, startling the attendees and sparking an immediate evacuation, per The Daily Mail. The campaign event, where Booker was giving a speech on voting rights, hosted […]

President Donald Trump recently came out with a new proposal meant to combat illegal immigration, suggesting that migrants be relocated to so-called sanctuary cities. The president is putting pressure on Democrats, looking for a way to, he claims, relieve border towns suffering from the consequences of what he describes as an immigration crisis. New Jersey […]

At a CNN town hall in South Carolina, Senator Cory Booker admitted his first encounter with girlfriend Rosario Dawson was far from love at first sight, reports Page Six. They first met at a political fundraiser for former NAACP president Ben Jealous, and the meeting was far from momentous. “I was trying to help him […]

Last week, Rosario Dawson publicly announced that she and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker are a couple, according to TMZ. Booker, who is a presidential hopeful as well as a current politician, feels that he and Dawson will have an excellent future together. When Booker was asked if he would make Dawson his first lady, […]

Actress Rosario Dawson has finally confirmed the long-speculated relationship she has with Senator Cory Booker, The HuffPost is reporting. While the two have frequently been spotted out and about — and Booker has gushed about being in a relationship with an unnamed person — Dawson finally directly addressed their romance while being trailed by paparazzi […]

Cory Booker, the Democratic senator from New Jersey, who is running for president in 2020, doesn’t smoke or drink, and is a vegan. Not only has this healthy lifestyle likely made Booker look noticeably younger than his 49 years, but it also means Booker won’t have to go along with certain eating rituals — a […]

Evangelical Pastor Bryan Fischer argued that Americans should give Donald Trump a pass for his purported extramarital affairs while his wife was caring for their newborn son — and for the alleged felony campaign finance violations to make hush money payments to the women. But when it comes to unsubstantiated rumors that Senator Corey Booker […]

Cory Booker — the senator from New Jersey who recently threw his hat into the ring to run for president in 2020 as a Democrat — is a rare presidential candidate who is unmarried. But Tuesday, the candidate confirmed for the first time that he has a girlfriend. Booker appeared on the Breakfast Club radio […]

Another Democratic Senator has thrown his hat into the ring for the race to be president, as Cory Booker became the latest to announce his candidacy yesterday. Booker, who is a New Jersey Senator, confirmed his plans to run for president yesterday in a video message posted on his Twitter account, as NPR reported. In […]

U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and actress Rosario Dawson have been seen out in public together quite a bit lately, with a report from the Inquisitr earlier this month stating that they were seen together at a movie in New York City — as well as at the Broadway show Dear Evan Hanson. […]

Actress Rosario Dawson was spotted at the movies in New York City last week with a man who may be running for president of the United States. Dawson attended a movie with Cory Booker, the Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, on Thursday night, Page Six reported. The newspaper’s source did not know which movie […]

The Democrats officially have a contender running for president, though it probably won’t be their last. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), in an email she sent Monday morning to supporters, announced the formation of an exploratory committee to run for president. The forming of such a committee allows her to start raising money for a presidential […]

Cory Booker has yet to officially decide whether he will be running for president in 2020, but his schedule may have given it away. The New Jersey senator just made a trip to the key early primary state of New Hampshire, meeting with Democrats at the home of a former state senator and building some […]

Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday, Donald Trump guffawed at the idea that he may have anything to fear in the upcoming 2020 presidential campaign. “Fear? Fear? Do you mean fear or dream about?” He asked. “I dream about them. So far everyone that I’ve seen I’m dreaming about.” Trump’s remarks were reported by […]

Yet again, the Senate has blocked a bill that would protect special counsels, such as Robert Mueller. This bill would keep Mueller from being fired by the Trump administration before the investigation is over. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the bill is unnecessary, because there’s no indication that Donald Trump is going to […]

Although New Jersey Senate polls show incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez leading, Democrats are worried of a potential “disaster” in a state which hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972, according to the Inquirer. The junior senator from the state, Democrat Cory Booker, has been campaigning hard for Menendez, and this week he reminded […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is receiving backlash for her insensitive “I know they all look alike” remark, Chron reports. During a Saturday interview with Recode executive editor Kara Swisher, Clinton asserted that it is “childish” to “paint with a broad brush; every immigrant is this, every African American is that,” while discussing alleged […]

In an early morning tweet, President Donald Trump lambasted CNN, deriding their ratings while simultaneously throwing out charges of hypocrisy against the network. Trump’s rant, which occurred at 3:14 a.m. Eastern Time, came after 10 packages containing explosive devices were discovered being sent to individuals who have been critical of the president. Two more packages […]

A suspicious package addressed to Senator Cory Booker was intercepted by authorities, Fox News is reporting. This is the 11th potentially dangerous delivery in a string of suspected pipe bombs being sent to Democratic politicians or locations of people who have expressed Democratic viewpoints in the past. The FBI confirmed they recovered a package addressed […]

One of the favorites on the Democratic side to run for President in 2020, Cory Booker, is trying to keep his relationship with Chanda Gibson, the executive director of the Council of Urban Professionals, a secret, according to Page Six. “He’s been dating her on and off for years… No one could understand why he […]