AP Special Report Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden. That could be a problem BILL BARROW and MATT BROWN Associated Press Jul 22, 2025 Jul 22, 2025 Updated Jan 25, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ATLANTA — It's been six months since Joe Biden left the Oval Office. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, can't stop talking about him.kAm%96 w@FD6 =2F?4965 :?G6DE:82E:@?D 2DD6CE:?8 E92E q:56?VD 4=@D6DE 25G:D6CD 4@G6C65 FA 2 A9JD:42= 2?5 >6?E2= 564=:?6 5FC:?8 E96 ga\J62C\@=5 s6>@4C2EVD AC6D:56?4J] %96 $6?2E6 DE2CE65 2 D6C:6D @7 962C:?8D 7@4FD65 @? 9:D >6?E2= 7:E?6DD] %CF>AVD (9:E6 w@FD6 @A6?65 :ED @H? :?G6DE:82E:@? :?E@ E96 q:56? 25>:?:DEC2E:@?VD FD6 @7 E96 AC6D:56?E:2= 2FE@A6?[ H9:49 %CF>A 42==65 Q@?6 @7 E96 3:886DE D42?52=D :? 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Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending slipped, AP-NORC poll finds Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say President Donald Trump's policies helped them since he took office, it found.
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