Opinion

On Mother’s Day, the Trump administration unveiled a powerful new resource for American families: Moms.gov, a comprehensive website launched by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). At the same time, federal agencies announced a proposed rule that dramatically expands access to fertility benefits, creating a new pathway for employers to offer standalone coverage for infertility treatments up to a $120,000 lifetime cap. These twin initiatives signal a strong commitment to supporting motherhood, healthy pregnancies, and the rebuilding of the nuclear family.

Attempts to separate the movement to accomplish the genocide of half the world’s Jews in Israel from attacks on them elsewhere have zero credibility.

(May 4, 2026 / JNS) Last week’s stabbing attack against two Jews in London’s Golders Green neighborhood was just the latest instance of what even local police agreed was an “epidemic” of antisemitic crimes. It was just one of many such incidents in the United Kingdom, the United States, continental Europe and Australia over the course of the last 31 months in which Jews were subjected to violence merely for being conspicuously Jewish.

New York State’s latest budget process has devolved into what can only be described as a chaotic spectacle, exposing deep dysfunction under prolonged one-party Democratic control. Governor Kathy Hochul announced a framework for a $268 billion spending plan on May 7, claiming a handshake deal with legislative leaders. Within hours, key Democratic figures contradicted her. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie described the announcement as premature, noting that lawmakers had agreed only to concepts on major policy items while significant fiscal details remained unresolved. Senate Democratic spokespeople echoed that no overall deal existed. The budget, already more than five weeks overdue, underscores a broader pattern of mismanagement that has persisted since Democrats secured supermajorities in both chambers in 2018.

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is no stranger to having partisan attacks leveled at her. Her public political persona began with a viral video of her as a citizen confronting then-Mayor Bill de Blasio on the street. She then turned a defunct corner of Queens into a Republican hotspot in New York City, winning a council seat—and the admiration of New York Republicans statewide—for her efforts. The Democrats view her as public enemy number one, so they are using their governmental power to file ethics complaints in an attempt to bring her down.

New York redrew its lines to get more Democrats. Texas redrew its lines to get more Republicans. California, Virginia, Florida, and more are all drawing and redrawing their congressional districts in an endless power play to try and keep power in Washington, D.C. Gerrymandering has been and will continue to be a partisan maneuver, but it does not have to be. With the tools we have available, fair districts can be drawn, but they never will be.

In Move that Surprised No One, Mayor Vetoes Protection for Jewish Community

Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued his first veto in office last week, and of course, it was against a bill protecting the Jewish community. The bill was Intro 175-B, the NYC Council bill that would have required the NYPD to develop clear, public safety plans for buffer zones and protest management around schools and educational institutions.