On Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate, U.S. Rep. George Santos, who has faced outrage and mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education and professional pedigree, has been charged with federal criminal offenses. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Jurors awarded her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. And Connecticut lawmakers are moving to impose new restrictions on the amount of marijuana’s main intoxicating component in cannabis products are being sold in places other than regulated dispensaries, such as convenience and CBD stores. 💨

On Tuesday's edition of #TheUpdate, the Republican leaders of two suburban counties have declared states of emergency in an effort to block a plan by New York City’s Democratic mayor to use their communities to house hundreds of international migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. More than 100 people have been killed in mass killings thus far in 2023, an average of one a week. The family members and friends of those lost to the violence are haunted by the question of why these attacks are still happening. And police in Texas say the driver of an SUV that killed eight people when it slammed into a Brownsville, Texas, bus stop is charged with manslaughter, and investigators are trying to determine if the crash was intentional. 🚔🚨

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From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On Tuesday's edition of #TheUpdate, about 160 resident physicians have gone on strike over what they called low pay at a public hospital in New York City. A sharp uptick in thefts of Hyundais and Kias over the past two years has been linked to viral videos posted to TikTok and other social media platforms that teach people how to exploit a security vulnerability to steal the cars. And a fake image purportedly showing an explosion near the Pentagon has been widely shared on social media, sending a brief shiver through the stock market. 💥

On Monday's edition of #TheUpdate, mourners gathered at a Harlem church at the funeral of Jordan Neely, the man whose chokehold death on the New York City subway set off a debate about vigilantism, homelessness and public safety. Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopefuls have rushed to support Daniel Penny. Democratic leaders in major U.S. cities are finding themselves politically squeezed when it comes to addressing homelessness. And conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and commissions across the United States over the past couple years are now pressing agendas that include election distrust, skepticism of government and a desire to have religion play a greater role in public decision-making. 🇺🇲