International Desk: Cory Booker's 25-hour filibuster w/ Charles Hunt from Boise State University: 10 April, 2025

Last week United States Senator Cory Booker gave a marathon 25-hour speech, or “filibuster”, in the Senate. 

Booker’s speech included a broad range of criticisms of President Donald Trump, including his widespread cuts with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and his threat to annex Greenland and Canada.

Booker had over 1,000 pages of prepared material, including stories from 200 Americans who had written to Booker about Trump’s actions. 

Thursday Wire Host, Caeden, spoke to Charles Hunt from Boise State University in Idaho about Booker’s speech, its historical basis, and its impact on a growing anti-Trump movement in the United States.

They started by asking if he could explain what a filibuster is.