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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and budget committee chairman Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) laid into the Republican Party after Donald Trump 's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday. The former president was met with rapturous applause at the event after he criticized Democratic President Joe Biden 's first month in the White House, saying it was "the most disastrous" of "any president in modern history." "Already the Biden Administration has proven that they are anti-jobs, anti-family, anti-borders, anti-energy, anti-women and anti-science. In just one short month, we have gone from America First to America Last," Trump said. Trump claimed that Biden has "triggered a massive flood of illegal immigration into our country, the likes of which we have never seen before." He also repeated false claims of victory in the 2020 election, describing the contest he lost as "rigged." Schumer was quick to respond on Twitter , … [Read more...] about Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders Take Aim at Republicans After Donald Trump CPAC Speech

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Apr 30) that his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying about his Russia contacts, would be absolved by a Washington court, calling FBI investigators in his case "filthy cops." Trump said fresh documents that surfaced in Flynn's case showed he was mistreated and should be freed by a court currently weighing his sentence. "He's in the process of being exonerated. If you look at those notes from yesterday, that was total exoneration," said Trump. "These were dirty, filthy cops at the top of the FBI." "Now we have to see what's going to happen but General Flynn was treated like nobody ... in this country should be treated." CALLS TO RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators about his contacts in late 2016 with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, in the weeks after Trump won the election but before his inauguration on Jan 20, 2017. The FBI at … [Read more...] about Trump says ex-aide Flynn to be ‘exonerated’ despite guilty plea

Donald Trump said "Biden" 36 times during his CPAC speech as he aimed criticism at his successor—despite President Joe Biden having largely avoided remarking on the former commander-in-chief since assuming office. Trump branded Biden's time in office so far as "disastrous," and issued scathing remarks on the new administration's positions on a variety of issues thus far. Prior to Trump's appearance at CPAC, the White House had indicated that whatever the former president said would not be a focus of its attention. "We'll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last week . Psaki has previously outlined Biden's desire not to focus on matters related to his predecessor. In February while Trump's Senate impeachment trial was underway, Psaki said Biden was not going to "opine" on this matter. "Joe Biden is the president. He's not a pundit," she said during a press … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Said ‘Biden’ 36 Times at CPAC, While His Successor Looks Ahead

REUTERS: U.S. President Donald Trump is once again beating predecessor Barack Obama in stock market performance following a stunning recovery on Wall Street. After a 1.5per cent jump on Wednesday, the S&P 500 is now up about 42per cent since Trump, a Republican, was elected in November 2016, compared with the benchmark's 31per cent gain during the same amount of time after Obama, a Democrat, was elected in 2008. While the S&P 500 has surged 36per cent from its March lows and the Nasdaq Composite is just 4per cent short of record highs, investors remain wary of a deep and extended economic slump resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. (GRAPHIC: Trump vs Obama's Wall St gains - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/xegvbyyzmpq/Trumpper cent20vsper cent20Obama.jpg) For over three years, Trump repeatedly highlighted on Twitter and to reporters the stock market’s stunning run-up, citing it as evidence of his success in the White House and making it part of his case … [Read more...] about Trump leapfrogs back ahead of Obama in stock market gains

Donald Trump 's assessment of President Joe Biden 's first month in office as "disastrous" comes with his successor retaining majority approval according to polling. Speaking at CPAC on Sunday , Trump that Biden has "had the most disastrous first month of any President in modern history." But despite this claim by Trump, Biden retains a majority approval rating and this has remained steady throughout his time in office so far. According to FiveThirtyEight's tracker, Biden is at 54.4 percent approval. It started at 53 percent in January following his inauguration. Real Clear Politics' tracker puts Biden at 54 percent approval. It too has stayed largely consistent during the start of Biden's term, starting at 55.5 percent with its low point so far being 53.8 percent. Polling throughout his first month consistently showed more than 50 percent of those asked approving of the job he was doing as president. Ipsos/Reuters' latest polling on Biden's approval had him at 57 … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Approval Rating Buoyant Despite Donald Trump’s ‘Disastrous First Month’ Claim