It’s terribly sad that Mother’s Day has become an occasion for touting abortion as the best gift mothers can receive. Murdering one’s baby is the polar opposite of motherhood, and the idea that abortion and Mother’s Day go hand in hand is remarkably disingenuous considering that everyone — even the most vociferous pro-abortion activists — can see that love and self-sacrifice are at the heart of what it means to be a mother.

This reality hits home deeper now that my wife and I have welcomed our first child and I’ve witnessed my wife experiencing the joys and trials of motherhood firsthand. I’m the second oldest of seven, but when I was a toddler, pre-teen, and young teen, most of what my mom went through during her pregnancies went over my head completely. Now I’ve caught a glimpse of how hard she worked to bring my siblings and me into the world.

“The first one is usually the hardest” is one of the things people say when they find out your wife is pregnant. I still don’t really know what that means — a healthy agnosticism about all things related to pregnancy is the safest position for a male to hold — but my wife does. She experienced what that meant through all nine months of pregnancy and 24 hours of labor.

She wrestled with her changing body and adjusted to new experiences on a daily basis. She pushed herself through random bouts of morning sickness (I learned that “morning

A coalition of election integrity groups is demanding Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens advance legislation prohibiting foreign money from backing ballot measures.

“Ohioans deserve elections that are free and fair—not influenced by foreign billionaires allowed to bankroll Left-wing causes at the expense of American citizens,” Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus said in a statement. “…In a crucial election year with generational ballot measures on the line, the Speaker’s decision to put politics over election integrity is unacceptable. Conservatives will not relent in our calls to get foreign meddling out of every election and protect the votes of all Ohioans.”

On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate passed an amended version of House Bill 114 to ensure President Joe Biden will be able to appear on the Buckeye State’s 2024 general election ballot. As The Federalist reported, the office of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent a letter last month notifying state Democrat Party Chair Liz Walters that the Democratic National Convention’s current date is more than a week after the date by which presidential candidates must be certified in Ohio.

LaRose’s office noted that to rectify the issue, the Democratic National Committee must change the date of its nominating convention or Ohio lawmakers must pass legislation “creat[ing] an exception to this statutory requirement” by May 9.

Senate Republicans attempted to score for their own voters, too, as they passed a bill to help rectify Democrats’ scheduling mistake. When the Senate passed HB 114, they added provisions prohibiting foreign nationals

As the lawfare crusade continues, former President Donald Trump is racking up significant victories in court. Down in Florida, President Trump secured an indefinite delay in his criminal case involving alleged mishandling of classified documents. This delay was ordered following revelations that Special Counsel Jack Smith and prosecutors mishandled and misrepresented evidence, which is uniquely ironic given the subject matter of the underlying case. 

In Georgia, where another criminal case is pending, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to hear President Trump’s attempt to remove Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to consider and decide this issue in the coming weeks.

It is becoming increasingly likely that the ongoing Manhattan criminal case is the only trial that President Trump will face before the November election. 

Here’s the latest information you need to know about each case.

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Manhattan, New York: Prosecution by DA Alvin Bragg for NDA Payment

How we got here: In this New York state criminal case, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — who The New York Times acknowledged had “campaigned as the best candidate to go after the former president” — charged former President Donald Trump in April 2023 with 34 felony charges for alleged falsification of business records. 

Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen paid pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election as part of a nondisclosure agreement in which she agreed not to publicize her claims that she had an affair