HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 17, 2026--
Momeaze, a Houston-based family technology company, today launched its life management application on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Designed to combat the invisible mental load carried by mothers, Momeaze consolidates fragmented school flyers, calendars, meals, and tasks into a single ecosystem managed by an intuitive AI assistant named Mayla™.
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The launch coincides with MOMCON, the premier national conference hosted by The MomCo, where the Momeaze team is currently debuting the app to thousands of mothers.
“I had an app for everything, and I was using all of them the right way,” said Kayla Kugler, Founder of Momeaze and a working mother of four. “But I was still the one connecting every piece in my head: the pediatrician appointment, the practice schedule, and the permission slip due Friday. Moms don't need another manual system to manage. Our goal is for Momeaze to act as a proactive partner, so mothers no longer have to hold it all alone.”
The societal need for family support is at an all-time high. According to The Motherhood Index 2026, 93% of mothers report feeling burned out. Furthermore, a landmark study in the Journal of Marriage and Family highlights that mothers shoulder 71% of household cognitive labor—such as anticipating needs and coordinating schedules—compared to 45% reported by fathers. Crucially, research shows that even when a mother's income increases, her mental load remains unchanged.
While most households rely on a chaotic mix of group texts, paper flyers, and notes apps, Momeaze intercepts data exactly how it arrives. Driven by a framework of "support over surveillance," the app interprets scattered family information, builds a game plan, and surfaces reminders before they become emergencies.
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Pricing & Availability
Momeaze is available starting today. All new users receive a 14-day free trial of the AI-powered Full Support tier ($9.99/month), with a permanently free Basic Plan available afterward.
About Momeaze
Momeaze is a life management app built for mothers and the invisible mental load they carry. Founded in Houston by working mother Kayla Kugler, Momeaze brings a family's calendars, school schedules, meals, tasks and goals into one place, with an in-app assistant, Mayla, that helps turn scattered details into a plan, including proactive prep suggestions for what's coming up. The company is building toward more proactive, personalized support that helps mothers prepare earlier and hold less in their heads. Momeaze is available on the App Store and Google Play. Learn more at www.momeazeapp.com.
The Momeaze home screen shows a mother what's coming up next week, the day's tasks, and one-tap access to Mayla, the app's in-app assistant. (Image courtesy of Momeaze)
President Donald Trump suggested that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home to campaign for the midterm elections, but not without a scathing rebuke from Republican Rep. Thomas Massie for all the unfinished business. Massie’s resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to release more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are being left behind.
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U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a Republican defending her seat in a competitive South Florida district, is out with a new ad criticizing Trump’s deportation campaign.
“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Salazar says in the ad. “The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”
With just over six weeks left until Election Day, some Republicans have begun to subtly tweak their campaign messages to downplay their connection to Trump as they compete in close races against Democrats.
Salazar joins some GOP candidates in battleground districts who’ve taken a bolder approach — publicly breaking with the president. For example, two Iowa Republicans this week voted with Democrats and a few other dissident members of their party on an Iran war powers resolution.
Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran, but it’s not yet enough to help address climate change.
When the U.S. and Israel launched the war in February, some backers of renewables opined it could drive a green transition as oil and gas prices spiked. So far, more than 30 governments have enacted policies to move away from fossil fuels or improve energy efficiency. Yet at the same time, global emissions of greenhouse gases increased slightly and investments in clean energy fell compared to the same period last year.
The Associated Press talked to a dozen experts who said that while the Iran war appears to be helping the adoption of clean energy, the world is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. They said it will take more time for new policies to show results.
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Carney has repeatedly urged what he calls middle powers to resist economic coercion. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, he warned that when countries negotiate alone with a dominant power, “we negotiate from weakness. We accept what is offered.”
Trump rebuked him the next day.
Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s ambassador-designate to the EU, said Ottawa wants “to get as close as we possibly can” to Europe while increasing Canada’s independence.
While associate membership remains to be negotiated, Canada has already taken a major step. This year, it became the first non-European country to join the EU’s 150-billion-euro ($173-billion) SAFE defense procurement program, giving Canadian companies access to joint procurement as Europe increases defense spending.
The two sides have also discussed closer cooperation on energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence and digital trade.
The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study.
A report by Protect Democracy found that 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a different district than they did during the 2024 election cycle. And about one-fifth of all Americans now live in a district where more than a quarter of voters are new to the district compared with the last election cycle.
The findings display the stark overhaul that partisan redistricting fights kicked off by President Trump last year have caused for Americans across the country. The new congressional maps are increasingly drawn in ways that favor partisan politics over factors like geography and shared communities. That raises concerns among scholars about how the country’s hyperpolarized politics are affecting American democracy.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member, saying closer ties with the continent would ensure no country could control Canada’s markets or undermine its sovereignty.
Carney’s speech to the European Parliament repeatedly extolled cooperation between Europe and Canada — but the relationship with the U.S., which has defined Canada’s economy for decades and has increasingly soured, hung over the address.
Trump’s tariffs, demands for economic concessions and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st state have pushed Ottawa to reduce its dependence on its neighbor and seek a far deeper economic, security and political relationship with Europe.
Carney told the parliament he welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal, unveiled Wednesday, though he acknowledged that “associate membership” remains to be defined.
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The singer, a Kennedy Center honoree in 2008, questioned the closing of the performing arts center for repairs and called the ongoing controversy surrounding its operation “galling and painful to witness.”
The award-winning superstar said in a statement to The Associated Press that renaming the National Cultural Center after President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in 1964 was “a fitting choice, because he was a true champion of the arts.”
“Since then, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has stood as one of America’s great cultural venues,” she said. “I was deeply honored to be included in the 31st annual class of Kennedy Center Honorees. For me, and for so many artists, that honor represented something larger than a career recognition. It represented a belief in the importance of art to the life of a democracy.”
She opposes attempts to add President Trump’s name to the center, adding, “You can easily imagine my indignation at seeing this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that if the United States impose additional sanctions on Russia, it would hinder the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine.
Peskov’s remarks come after the U.S. House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of the country’s economy as lawmakers look to deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.
The bill now heads to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. It represents the most ambitious effort to support Ukraine since Trump’s return to the White House.
“We are, of course, monitoring the passing of this document. This falls into the category of unfriendly actions. And, of course, the U.S. imposing some additional sanctions would definitely complicate the efforts to find a peace settlement in Ukraine,” Peskov told reporters during his daily conference call.
Fencing went up Wednesday around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. A Democratic congresswoman who is a trustee quickly sought an emergency court hearing to prevent what she called the “unlawful closing.”
The board’s vote Tuesday came after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.
The Republican president had said in a social media post that the closure was needed for safety repairs. But he said the repairs, which Congress has allocated $257 million to cover, would only happen if the board was permitted to move forward with plans to add his name to the building.
Activists who've opposed the closure said there's been no vehicle or pedestrian access to the building Wednesday. An Associated Press reporter who approached the main building was told by a security guard that it was closed.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home Wednesday to campaign for the midterm elections after what he claims is the most productive Congress in decades.
But not without a scathing rebuke from GOP Rep. Thomas Massie for all the unfinished business.
Massie’s resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to force the release of more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are all being left behind, blocked from votes.
“We’re calling off Congress? And we’re in the majority?” Massie railed from the House floor.
“I’m trying to get justice for the Epstein survivors,” he said. “I’m trying to stop a war.”
Massie, the renegade Republican from Kentucky, seized control of the chamber for a blistering hourlong speech criticizing Johnson, the Republican majority and the work he said the speaker is refusing to conduct to lower prices for Americans and hold the Trump administration accountable.
“Why would we be canceling days when the country is burning?” Massie said. “We should stay here for every day that’s on the calendar and we should debate.”
Johnson insisted “the House has done its job.”
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President Donald Trump suggested that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc.
Trump conditioned his threat Wednesday on the “intention” of European leaders, saying that, “If it’s a good intention, that’s fine. If it’s a bad intention, we’ll put very heavy tariffs on Europe.” He also suggested the U.S. could cut off trade with Europe in certain areas.
Trump called the prospect of Canada joining the EU “laughable” and called America’s neighbor a “terrible trade partner.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member, saying closer ties with Europe were meant to ensure no country could control Canada’s markets, impair its sovereignty or undermine its freedoms.
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President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
