News: How do you remember the economy during the Trump years?

Sunday, March 3, 2024

How do you remember the economy during the Trump years?

March 3, 2024

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says federal government "not notified" about suspect in Georgia nursing student's death
Texas GOP leaders target own members in primary battles
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How do you remember the economy during the Trump years? The word "remember" is key in that sentence, with a new CBS News poll showing that two-thirds of voters say they remember it being good. That's in line with what people said in polling back in 2018-2019, said CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto, though views of the economy cratered after the pandemic and the shutdowns.

"It doesn't seem like they're remembering that part of it here," Salvanto said.

Watch more here of Salvanto's discussion with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, and read the full poll results here.

Plus, watch Brennan's conversation with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms director Steven Dettelbach here, and watch here as Dettelbach and Chris Bort, a firearms expert at ATF, give Brennan a tutorial on some of the dangerous weapons law enforcement agencies are seeing on the street.

CBS News poll finds voters remember economy under Trump as good, boosting Trump to national lead over Biden today

As Super Tuesday makes an historic rematch all but official, voters are comparing not just two presidents, but two presidencies.

And right now former President Donald Trump emerges from that comparison as the frontrunner. He leads President Biden by four points nationally, his largest lead to date. Here's why:

Voters recall the economy under Trump more fondly than they rate the economy now.

While neither gets great marks, voters today look back on Trump's presidency with relatively better retrospective ratings than they'd rate Joe Biden's presidency so far.

Read more from Anthony Salvanto, plus stream here for Salvanto's deep dive into the poll on "Face the Nation."

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says federal government "not notified" about suspect in Georgia nursing student's death

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the federal government was not notified about previous arrests of the suspect in the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student.

"Different cities have different levels of cooperation," Mayorkas said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "We were not notified in this instance."

Jose Ibarra, suspect in the murder of Riley, a Georgia nursing student, is an undocumented Venezuelan migrant who had been detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection upon crossing into the country with permission to stay in the country on a temporary basis. The individual then went on to allegedly commit two offenses in New York and Georgia, according to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Read more from Kaia Hubbard, and watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Mayorkas here.

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Why state secretaries of state are important to elections: You probably know only one person with the title "secretary of state," Antony Blinken, who conducts foreign policy for the U.S. The others serve their individual states, overseeing numerous crucial state functions. In Michigan, the secretary of state provides motor-vehicle services, such as driver's licenses and auto registrations. In California, the secretary of state heads the public archives that document California history. And in many states, such as Pennsylvania, the secretary of state manages the process for business registration. Read more from John J. Martin in The Conversation.
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