There are two Americas colliding this week, and they could not be more different. In one, the federal government is drafting a plan to pay married mothers and fathers real money for the work of raising their own children. In the other, a TikTok trend has mothers publicly declaring solidarity with a woman on trial for strangling her three children to death. Both stories broke within days of each other. Both are about motherhood. And the gulf between them tells you everything about where the American left has drifted.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) said during an interview with "PBS NewsHour" that the socialist party's ideas are being worked into the Democratic platform.
President Trump announced a lawsuit against the think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), a George Soros-linked entity, after it reported that the National Guard's presence in cities had no effect on crime rates.
A former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Black, has filed a lawsuit against the House Oversight Committee after refusing to appear for a sworn deposition.
Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is seeking the dismissal of drug trafficking charges, with his attorneys arguing that his position as head of a country grants him immunity.