The Latest: Sen. Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech at over 24 hours

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history. His feat of endurance was aimed at showing Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

Booker broke a record previously held by Strom Thurmond, a segregationist who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate’s records.

Meanwhile, Trump is promising to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, on April 2 that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said he’ll impose “reciprocal” tariffs to match the duties that other countries charge on U.S. products.

Earlier Tuesday, employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.

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Republican Jimmy Patronis wins special election in Florida’s 1st Congressional District

The state’s chief financial officer and Trump-backed candidate fended off a challenge from Democrat Gay Valimont.

Patronis was far outraised and outspent by Valimont, who benefited from the outrage of national donors alarmed by Trump’s aggressive second term.

Patronis will fill the northwest Florida seat vacated by former Rep. Matt Gaetz. Gaetz had been tapped to be Trump’s attorney general but dropped out amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.

Sen. Cory Booker ends his record-breaking speech

The senator wrapped his speech at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, 25 hours and 5 minutes after he began.

The chamber had exploded in applause when Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Booker had broken the record, which was previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond at 24 hours and 18 minutes.

Sen. Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech

Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” More than 24 hours later, the 55-year-old senator is still going.

He has set the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history, though he was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions.

It was a remarkable show of stamina as Democrats try to show their frustrated supporters that they are doing everything possible to contest Trump’s agenda.

Yet Booker also provided a moment of historical solace for a party searching for its way forward: By standing on the Senate floor for more than a night and day and refusing to leave, he had broken a record set 68 years ago by then-Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist, to filibuster the advance of the Civil Rights Act in 1957.

Sen. Cory Booker’s speech is still going, closing in on the all-time record

Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor for 24 hours and is closing in on the record for the longest continuous floor speech held by Strom Thurmond, a segregationist.

Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate’s records. As Booker’s speech rolled past 24 hours, anticipation is growing in the Capitol.

Maher vows to dish about his dinner with Trump later this month

“Thank you for all the interest in my dinner with the president last night,” TV host Bill Maher posted Tuesday on X. He vowed that “all will be revealed” during his show “Real Time” on April 11, adding that if he offered details on April Fool’s Day, “no one would believe what I said.”

That followed Kid Rock, who was at the White House on Monday, offering to help arrange a dinner. He told Fox News Channel that “Bill’s obviously a very big liberal” but Trump was nonetheless “so gracious.”

Democratic leaders in Congress say they are standing together against Trump’s tax cuts

The Democrats are under pressure to show their voters they are doing all they can, even as the minority party in Congress, to block Trump’s agenda.

“We are standing together against the GOP tax scam and in defense of the American people,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said at the Capitol steps with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

Schumer praised fellow Democratic Sen. Cory Booker as a “tour de force” for seizing the Senate floor in a landmark speech as they work to stall action on the GOP agenda.

Biden urges people in Wisconsin and Florida to ‘GO VOTE’

“Florida and Wisconsin, it’s not too late. Go VOTE,” former President Joe Biden posted on X — offering a rare political pronouncement since leaving office.

Wisconsin has a state Supreme Court election, while two Florida districts are holding special elections to replace Republican congressmen who vacated House seats after Trump tapped them for administration posts.

Biden has kept a low profile since leaving office. His words echoed Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who also urged Wisconsin residents and Floridians to vote during her briefing with reporters.

Most immigrants at risk of deportation from the US are Christian, report finds

As many as four in five immigrants at risk of deportation from the United States are Christian, according to a new report.

The report, under the auspices of major Catholic and evangelical organizations, says about 10 million Christians are vulnerable to deportation.

“Though we’re deeply concerned about fellow Christians, we’re not exclusively concerned with immigrants who happen to share our faith,” said Matthew Soerens, vice president of advocacy and policy at World Relief, an evangelical humanitarian organization that cosponsored the report.

Trump enjoyed wide support from certain Christian blocs in all three of his campaigns. While the report doesn’t directly refer to that support, it says it seeks to raise awareness of the potential impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Musk makes last-minute appeal to Wisconsin voters in closely-watched state judicial race

The billionaire government adviser told voters that the battle is so close that it could be decided by a single vote.

He made clear the political reasons behind supporting Brad Schimel, the candidate backed by Republicans.

“A judge race, election in Wisconsin will decide whether or not the Democrats can gerrymander Wisconsin in order to remove two House seats from Republican to Democrat,” Musk said during a Fox News interview Tuesday afternoon.

If Republicans lose control of the U.S. House, Musk asserted that Democrats would do “everything possible to stop the agenda that the American people voted for,” Musk said.

“If you know people in Wisconsin, call them right now,” he added.

Trump to hold Wednesday meeting on possible TikTok sale

Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the U.S.

The details of the meeting were confirmed by a person familiar with the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

There has been uncertainty about the popular video app after a law took effect on Jan. 19 requiring its China-based parent, ByteDance, to divest its ownership because of national security concerns. After taking office, Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed until April 5 the enforcement of the law requiring a sale or effectively imposing a ban.

Among the possible investors are the software company Oracle and the investment firm Blackstone.

CBS News first reported on the meeting.