On the road from American Dream, we learned that even a mall with a ski slope, a theme park, and pretzels priced like luxury items can’t compete with the glory of going home, taking off your shoes, and collapsing like a drained iPhone.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said that he’s “not concerned” his upcoming meeting with President Trump could be a political trap, vowing instead to center the Oval Office sit-down on how they could work to make the city more affordable.

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora” or the fighter — announced Thursday that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress.

And in Louisville, Kentucky, federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 14 people, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing’s engine mount.