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Eric Adams ends reelection campaign for NYC mayor. It’s five weeks before Election Day, but New Yorkers now know they’ll have a different mayor next year. Yesterday, incumbent Eric Adams dropped a nearly nine-minute video that featured Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” to announce he was leaving the race. Following months of corruption allegations, Adams had been polling in the single digits, so it’s unclear if his departure will shake up the race. He did not endorse another candidate in his announcement, but took veiled swipes at the race’s front-runner, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, saying, “insidious forces” were pushing “divisive agendas” in the city’s politics and “our children are being radicalized to hate our city and our country.” Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor as a third-party candidate, as Adams was, had wanted Adams to drop out of the race to improve his chances against Mamdani.
Portland and state of Oregon sue to block National Guard deployment. On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he authorized National Guard troops to “protect war-ravaged” Portland, OR, including an ICE detention facility there. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, a Democrat, said she spoke with the president by phone on Saturday, and he told her that he received word of multiple fires in the city and the federal courthouse there being assailed. She said that he may have seen footage from 2020, filmed during riots following the death of George Floyd, that he thought reflected the present day. The Guardian paid a visit to downtown Portland on Saturday and reported “the city is placid, the farmers’ market was packed and…there were just four protesters on the sidewalk near the ICE field office.” The city and state filed the lawsuit yesterday, after the Pentagon called up 200 National Guard members.
Despite Team USA rally, Europe won the Ryder Cup. The Europeans eked out a 15–13 victory this weekend, during which the visiting team endured its fair share of “unacceptable and abusive behavior” from the home crowd. Rory McIlroy’s wife, Erica, was hit by a drink thrown by an American fan on Saturday. While the US team didn’t get accosted by those on the green, it has received criticism for a new pay schema that will see team members receive $300,000 to give to the charity of their choice and $200,000 with no strings attached. European team captain Luke Donald rankled US players when he said during the opening ceremony last week, “We are fueled by something money cannot buy”—purpose, honor, and responsibility. He must have been telling the truth—he is now only the second European captain to win back-to-back Ryder Cups. In all, Europe has won 11 of the last 15.—HVL
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