Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Courtney Kube |Carol Lee |Gordon Lubold |Dan De Luce |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

5 hours agoTrump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoricPresident Trump has long called for escalating the U.S. drug war against Mexican cartels and wants tougher penalties for dealers selling fentanyl and other street drugs in American communities. "I am ready for it, the death penalty, if you deal drugs," Trump said during a meeting with state …NowReally, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Alexandra Marquez |Gabe Gutierrez |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

President Donald Trump's administration has been exploring ways to increase the country’s birth rate, with the president himself saying he wouldn't mind being known as the "fertilization president." But congressional Democrats and activists say Republicans have long overlooked the growing cost of having and raising children and ignore policy solutions that are readily available.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Natasha Korecki |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

When Kamala Harris delivers her first major public address Wednesday after her bitter defeat to Donald Trump, she will step into the political spotlight in a way she has not yet done since November. Harris has mostly stayed out of the public eye since she left office as vice president in January, and she has opted not to weigh in on Trump and his policies in the way other prominent Democrats have. That will change Wednesday.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Marlene Lenthang |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

Amazon on Tuesday said that it has considered listing tariff charges on Amazon Haul, its discount platform meant to compete with low-cost Chinese e-commerce companies like Temu and Shein. An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC: “The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products.” The spokesperson stressed that nothing had been implemented and that the company had not planned to show tariff charges on its main e-commerce portal.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Natasha Korecki |Megan Shannon |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner

By , and President Donald Trump enacted massive tariffs on April 2 that plunged the stock market into disarray, threatened a trade war and shook consumer confidence. As the nation reeled, Trump left the White House for the weekend — not to drum up support for the policies around the country, but to travel to Mar-a-Lago. Then he hit the links.