In The Update Journal: If I wasn’t covering the news today, I’d probably be…

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With 43 days to go until the general election, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic Minority leader from Brooklyn, is in discussions to endorse lefty Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani for mayor, sources said. Meanwhile, “A substantial” number of Gen Z voters supporting socialist NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani have been brainwashed by leftist ideology into an army of “nasty,” USA-hating radicals — who routinely accost rival Mayor Eric Adams on the campaign trail.

A Bronx man was fatally shot on the sidewalk near his home after a witness said they heard two men arguing, police sources said.

And in the American West, President Trump praised Charlie Kirk as a “great American hero” and “martyr” for freedom as he and other prominent conservatives gathered Sunday evening to honor the slain conservative political activist whose work they say they must now advance.