Today in The Update Journal, we examine the great mystery of modern life: what exactly are we paying for anymore? First up, the S40 bus suffers what can only be described as a public medical episode, forcing everyone to abandon ship and board another bus… only for that same S40 to later cruise by like nothing ever happened. No warning lights. No shame. Just vibes. Then, a casual walk past Sugar Factory turns into a financial stress test. One look at the menu and suddenly dessert feels like a luxury item reserved for people with offshore accounts. A sugar rush is temporary, but that receipt? Emotional damage. And in today’s honorable mention, a mom casually defeats impossible plastic packaging with a simple hack—proving once again that the strongest force on Earth isn’t duct tape or scissors, it’s parental frustration.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a New York City Council staffer was hauled away by ICE officials when he showed up to a routine court check-in at a Long Island immigration center, Big Apple leaders said as feds labeled the employee a “criminal” in the US illegally.

Officials at a major New York City hospital accused the nurses’ union of attempting to protect members who come to work drunk or stoned — as thousands of medical caregivers went on strike.

And Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across the country.