We’ve officially crossed it — that invisible threshold where logic, patience, and maybe democracy itself start to fray. On this edition, we’re “Past the Point of No Return,” and the view isn’t exactly scenic. Over in New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill pulled off the rarest of political feats — a clean Democratic handoff in the Governor’s Mansion for the first time since the 1960s — proving that Garden State politics can still surprise you, even when the rest of us are too tired to. Meanwhile, across the Hudson, a new era begins in New York City as Zohran Mamdani officially takes the keys to City Hall — and hopefully, the city checkbook. His ambitious plans to freeze rents, make buses free, and fund it all without divine intervention might make even the angels ask for a budget hearing. We’re all rooting for him… but also keeping one hand on the emergency brake. And if that weren’t enough chaos, the government shutdown trudges into Day 36 — now officially the longest in U.S. history, which is really saying something in a country that measures dysfunction in days and dollars. Washington’s still arguing over continuing resolutions like it’s a group project no one wants to do, while millions wait to see if anyone remembers to turn the lights back on. Finally, in Brandon’s Take, we let loose with “Random Rant: Minor Annoyances, Major Rage” — because sometimes, it’s not the big crises that get you. It’s the person who blocks the subway door. It’s the coffee spill right after you put on a clean shirt. It’s the guy in the crosswalk who moves slower than your Wi-Fi on a bad day. Somewhere between national politics and everyday madness, we’re all just trying to keep our sanity — one deep sigh, one eye-roll, and one random rant at a time.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration. Meanwhile in Uganda, the opposition leader in Uganda’s Parliament sees Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race as inspiring but somehow too distant. Across the river in New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill was elected governor of New Jersey, raising hopes for Democrats and highlighting Republican vulnerabilities after there had been signs of a rightward shift in recent years in what has been a reliably blue state.

Elsewhere, a Delta Airlines flight was evacuated at LaGuardia airport after crew reported a bomb threat – the second scare at a major US airport in a day, authorities said.

And in Louisville, first responders prepared to resume looking for victims after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub at the airport in Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.