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Nick Corasaniti

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World
7 Aug 2024
MILWAUKEE — An energized crowd of 500 packed into a mixed-use space here on a summer Sunday afternoon to hear a rousing stump speech from Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who was making the final stop in a 12-day campaign blitz in a state that won’t hold its primary until April.
These 3 Cities Are Destinations for Democrats. They're Not in Iowa.
World
7 Aug 2024
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — They are deft predators of the French fried potato, able to pluck a fresh wedge in the milliseconds it takes a single fry to travel from its container to a human mouth.
Marauding Sea Gulls Have Met Their Match
World
6 Aug 2024
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.
On Home Turf, Booker Says, 'We Can't Wait'
World
6 Aug 2024
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.
World
6 Aug 2024
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.
World
6 Aug 2024
When Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was on trial in 2017 for federal corruption charges, he watched from the defendant’s chair as the state’s junior senator and his close friend, Cory Booker, testified about his character. When Menendez was facing a brutal re-election challenge last year, Booker was his most vociferous surrogate, memorably saying, “I’m the Robin to his Batman.”
Menendez and Booker, From Newark and the Senate to a Corruption Trial and 2020
World
6 Aug 2024
The accusation rocked Trenton, New Jersey: A top official in Gov. Philip Murphy’s administration claimed that another official had sexually assaulted her during Murphy’s campaign in 2017. Yet despite the woman’s repeated pleas to Murphy’s senior aides, her colleague remained in his $170,000-a-year state job for months before resigning.
Sexual Assault Claims Roiled the Murphy Administration, but Inquiries Have Led Nowhere
World
6 Aug 2024
In his six years in the Senate, Cory Booker has progressed from a moderate who defended private equity to a leading progressive voice on issues like criminal justice reform and marijuana legalization. As he transitions to a national presidential campaign, which he announced Friday, the candidate has been focusing on some key issues that animate the left wing of the Democratic Party.
World
25 Jun 2024
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Travel with Sen. Cory Booker and it will quickly become apparent that he has family in nearly every politically important state for a presidential candidate. His mother lives in Nevada. There’s the uncle from North Carolina, and a cousin in Florida.
Booker's Unique Strength: More Than 80 Relatives Pulling for Him in Iowa