Donald Trump has failed to meet one of his highest-profile pre-election promises—when the war in Ukraine will end. “I would fix that within 24 hours. And, if I win, before I get into the office, I will have that war settled. A hundred percent sure,” Trump said on Hannity in 2023. It’s been over 48 hours since Trump won the presidential election, and there’s no end in sight for the conflict. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump actually does not have a specific plan to get Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian president Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, and is fielding competing ideas from advisers and allies. He has relentlessly criticized Joe Biden for giving funding and arms to Ukraine, and called Zelensky the “greatest salesman.” Trump never offered a solution on the campaign trail to the conflict, which has been ongoing since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. “I can’t give you those plans because if I give you those plans, I’m not going to be able to use them,” the president-elect said in September.

Hope Walz is dealing with Donald Trump’s presidential election victory by eating SpongeBob mac and cheese, watching “Outer Banks” and thanking the universe she’s not a miserable MAGA politician. After admitting that she’s “reached the point of anger,” Walz—daughter of Minnesota Governor and vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz—shared some post-election thoughts in a video posted to TikTok. “This country does not deserve Kamala Harris,” she said. “That woman should go live her best life wherever she wants, doing whatever she wants, because we don’t deserve her at this point.” The only demographic that “delivered” for the Democratic ticket were Black women, and the country “failed them,” continued Walz, who often appeared alongside her father on the campaign trail. “It’s just heartbreaking, and we’ve got to do whatever we can to support them and support our people through these next four years,” she said. Despite the loss, the 23-year-old said she was glad to be on the side of “love and hope and joy and progress.” She continued, “JD Vance and Donald Trump have to be JD Vance and Donald Trump, and that is not a punishment I’d wish upon anybody but those two individuals.” She gave herself a week to be sad and accept the loss, and after that, “The work starts.”

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Nicole Scherzinger is facing heavy flak from fans after commenting on a post by Russell Brand. It seemed to be less the association with Brand—who’s been accused of grooming, sexual assault, and rape, allegations he denies—and more the association with Donald Trump that bothered people. On Instagram on Wednesday, Brand shared a post of him waving a MAGA-coded read hat emblazoned “Make Jesus First Again,” with the caption “God Bless America.” Brand is vocal about his Christianity, as well as his support for Trump; after Scherzinger commented “where do I get this hat!!!?” on Brand’s photo, with the prayer hands and red heart emoji, some fans think she loves Trump, too. Scherzinger—who’s in the midst of a widely praised starring role on Broadway, in Sunset Blvd.—deleted the comment, but not before social media took notice. In one of the milder reactions, Time Out New York’s theater editor and critic, Adam Feldman, tweeted, “Well the Best Actress Tony race just got a little less competitive.”

James Van Der Beek has opened up about being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer at the age of 46. The father-of-six lives with with wife Kimberly, 42 and their children on a ranch in Texas and he wants to raise awareness about a disease that is becoming more common in middle-aged adults. At first, he thought perhaps that his diet was to blame. “I thought maybe I needed to stop coffee,” he told People. “Or maybe not put cream in the coffee. But when I cut that out and it didn’t improve, I thought, ‘All right, I better get this checked out.’”After his 2023 diagnosis, the Dawson’s Creek actor underwent treatment and now says that he’s feeling good. “I’m very cautiously optimistic. I’m in a place of healing, my energy levels are great,” he said. “When I’ve been out of the woods completely for what feels like a responsible amount of time, I’ll circle back and let you know. I have a lot to live for.”

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No doubt there were some heated discussions in the Democratic Party ranks as the results poured a wet blanket over any hopes of a first woman president. But the animated conversation between the venerable former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Donna Brazile seen in a viral video was more of a progress report, the veteran party strategist said. Some suggested the two prominent Democrats were arguing after joining the disappointed gathering outside Howard University in Washington, D.C., for Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election concession speech. But Brazile, bemoaning the state of the nation, took to X to clear up any misconceptions. They weren’t fighting, she said they were just “discussing.” Christine Pelosi, Nancy’s daughter, agreed. “Can confirm! Nothing but love, people!” she posted on X. “Such stupidity,” wrote Brazile. “Speaker Pelosi and I were discussing all of the outstanding house races to be called or the path to a ‘House Majority.’ Folks, this is the Trump era: lies, disinformation and gossip. What happened to the USA?”

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz‘s daughter subtly pushed back at her father’s kind words for Donald Trump during his victory speech earlier this week, according to a viral video making the rounds online. The Republican senator, whose 180-degree turn on Trump during his first presidential campaign has been well documented, said: “I hope and pray that Donald Trump will be re-elected as president of the United States,” drawing a grimace from one of his daughters, who stood on stage beside him. Moments later, she appeared to tell her mother, Heidi, “Don’t clap for that.” In the 2016 Republican primary, one of the more personal attacks Trump made against Cruz involved insulting his wife‘s looks. Cruz, who around that time called Trump “utterly amoral” and “a narcissist at a level I don‘t think this country’s ever seen,” ended up endorsing Trump wholeheartedly months later.

San Francisco’s mayor is the latest casualty of the 2024 anti-incumbent election cycle, losing her seat to a political novice after just one term. Democrat London Breed had been a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors since 2012 when she became the first Black woman to lead the city in 2018. In a “stunning” upset, she conceded defeat to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, also a Democrat, on Thursday, San Francisco’s KTVU reported. “Being Mayor of San Francisco has been the greatest honor of my life,” Breed said in a statement. Lurie, the founder and CEO of an anti-poverty nonprofit called Tipping Point, was leading the contest with 56.2 percent of the vote to Breed’s 43.8 percent. He was a “virtual unknown” at the start of the race, according to KTVU, and faced criticism for spending $6 million of his own money on his campaign. But he managed to win an endorsement from the San Francisco Chronicle, which praised his balance between “compassion and toughness” after Lurie called for securing more housing for homeless people while also hiring more police officers. He also said he wanted to implement a “co-responder” model with police working alongside outreach workers and mental health counselors.

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The king of the Netherlands has condemned violent attacks on Jewish football fans in Amsterdam on Thursday night, saying his country had “failed” Jews as they had in World War II. His comments came after shocking antisemitic violence erupted after a soccer game between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Dutch capital. Speaking to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, King Willem-Alexander expressed “deep horror and shock,” saying: “We failed the Jewish community of the Netherlands during World War II, and last night we failed again.” Herzog described the violence—which saw rioters, some of whom were carrying knives and traveling on scooters, attacking Tel Aviv fans while reportedly shouting “free Palestine,” and “now you know how it feels”—as an “antisemitic pogrom.” An estimated 75 percent of the Netherlands’ Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust when the country was occupied by the Nazis. Five people were taken to hospital on Thursday night, and 62 arrests were made.

As the Democratic finger pointing continued on Thursday in the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive victory, the party chair rebuked Senator Bernie Sanders’ criticism that Democrats had “abandoned working class people.” “This is straight up BS,” DNC chair Jaime Harrison wrote on X. “[Joe] Biden was the most pro-worker President of my lifetime—saved union pensions, created millions of good paying jobs and even marched in a picket line.” He added that some of Kamala Harris’ plans would have “fundamentally transformed the quality of life and closed the racial wealth gap for working people across this country,” like child tax credits and subsidizing first time home buyers. Sanders, who ran unsuccessful campaigns for president in 2016 and 2020 bolstered by progressive and working class support, asked if “big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic party” will “learn any real lessons” or “understand the pain and political alienation” of millions of Americans. He concluded, “Probably not.” Harrison will reportedly not seek another term as DNC chair.