New Jersey senator Cory Booker spoke for just over 25 hours on the US senate floor

New Jersey senator Cory Booker spoke for just over 25 hours on the US senate floor, breaking the record for the longest speech in the chamber's history.

The speech was a symbolic protest against President Donald Trump, with Booker outlining what he believed was a grave and urgent moment in US history.

Previous record holder Strom Thurmond of South Carolina spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act in 1957.