A law clerk whom Donald Trump frequently disparaged in social media posts during his civil fraud last year has been elected as a judge in New York City. Allison Greenfield, 38, ran unopposed for one of six seats on Manhattan’s civil court after her candidacy was endorsed by a local Democratic committee, reported the Associated Press. She clinched the seat in Tuesday’s general election. Last year, Greenfield was serving as a principal law clerk for Judge Arthur Engoron when she drew Trump’s ire. Raging in social media posts, Trump called it “disgraceful” that Greenfield was involved in his case and alleged that she had political biases over a photo of her with former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trump’s lawyers also joined in with making disparaging comments about her, accusing her of serving as “a de facto co-judge” in Trump’s trial. Engoron twice fined Trump $15,000 for violating a gag order.

The Trump campaign confirmed that President Joe Biden spoke with Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday evening, and the president-elect accepted an invitation to visit the White House. “President Joe Biden called President Donald J. Trump to congratulate him on his victory and extended an invitation to the White House to ensure a smooth transition between the current Administration and the incoming Administration,” Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement sent to the Daily Beast. “President Trump looks forward to the meeting, which will take place shortly, and very much appreciated the call.” In their own statement, the White House said that Biden “expressed his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition and emphasized the importance of working to bring the country together,” Reuters reported. In her concession speech on Wednesday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris also urged her supporters to accept the peaceful transition of power. “I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now,” Harris said. “I get it. But we must accept the results of this election.”

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Australian professional breakdancer Raygun has decided to hang up her sneakers and retire following the intense backlash she received over her performance at the Paris Olympics in August. After busting some breakdance moves that left many with second and third-hand embarrassment, Raygun went viral with millions around the world watching. According to her, that “level of scrutiny” just isn’t worth competing anymore. “And it will go online. It’s just not going to mean the same thing, and it’s not going to be the same experience because of everything that’s at stake,” said Raygun–real name Rachel Gunn–during an interview with Australia’s 2DayFM on the Jimmy and Nath Show. “I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now—to approach a battle. Yeah, I mean I still dance, and I still break. But, you know, that’s like in my living room with my partner.”

A hot mic early Wednesday morning on Fox News caught someone‘s displeased reaction to a host’s prediction that Elon Musk’s influence on the next Trump administration and the Republican Party would only grow over the next few years. “Oh, lord!” was the response after host Bret Baier gave his post-election view of the GOP and its future trajectory. “It’s a multiracial party. It’s working-class. And maybe it’s the future. It’s Elon Musk, it’s Joe Rogan and podcasts. There’s an opportunity here for both parties to realign and change.” Musk’s political action committee, America PAC, is expected to work on Republicans’ behalf through at least the 2026 midterms, the billionaire Trump donor said on a recent X livestream.

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The meditation app Calm sought to defray some nerves on election night with a clever ad aimed at anxious voters. Amid the breakneck pace of election coverage on CNN and ABC Tuesday, Calm ran a silent ad to offer viewers a moment of peace. “We bought this ad space to give you 30 seconds of silence,” the ad reads. “Yep, just silence. You’re welcome.” After the ad aired, the app shot up more than 100 spots on the App Store, TMZ reported. A Calm representative told TMZ they knew “offering moments of tranquility was essential during election season.” The app offers guided meditations and a “Sleep Stories” series, which are aimed at helping adult listeners sleep. Calm also sponsored CNN coverage during election night in 2020, which also paid off for the company: then, it rose 20 spots in the App Store, according to TechCrunch.

Comedian Jay Leno, though he’s not a Donald Trump fan, thinks the 2024 election was “a great day for democracy.” The former Tonight Show host, who usually keeps quiet on politics, discussed the election in a Wednesday appearance on The Talk. “The nice thing about this election is, it was fair, it was honest,” he said. “OK, I was not a fan, but that’s OK, it’s the President of the United States—let’s all get together, thank you very much.” Leno added that, in his view, the election “was done professionally—there was no cheating. Everybody says it was honest. I mean, it’s a great day for democracy.” The last time Leno weighed in with his political views, in January, he told Piers Morgan that he was “not a fan” of Trump, referencing his numerous criminal indictments. In both interviews, Leno noted that, as a comedian, he used to be able to make jokes targeting the entire political spectrum, which he feels isn’t an option anymore. “In my day, you kind of made fun of both sides,” he said on Wednesday. “You’d get angry letters from both sides. Now you kind of have to take a side and, yeah, it’s a little bit different.”

Olympian Simone Biles has weighed in on Donald Trump’s victory with a request for outgoing president Joe Biden. “Mr Biden, I need you to stand up, straighten your back and make some things shake before your departure,” Biles wrote on X Wednesday. She signed the post, “xoxo the women in america.” Some Democrats have suggested that Biden should take executive action and fulfill some Democratic campaign promises, like codifying the right to an abortion into law, since the Supreme Court has grant presidents immunity from prosecution. Republicans have taken control of the presidency, the Senate and are poised to gain a majority in the House. Biden awarded Biles the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award, in 2022. At 25 years old, she was the youngest recipient ever. Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history, with 11 Olympic medals. She stunned the world with a triumphant return at this summer’s Olympics after dropping out of the 2020 Games due to mental health issues.

Add France’s largest daily newspaper, Le Monde, to foreign outlets that are decrying the forthcoming second Trump administration. After German newspaper Die Zeit‘s headline read simply, “F--k,” Le Monde declared Trump’s election to be the “End of the American World.” The editorial explained: “The path on which Trump, strengthened for his second term by his party‘s success in the Senate, will take his country on diverges fundamentally from the one charted by the United States since the end of the Second World War. It marks the end of an American era, that of an open superpower committed to the world, eager to set itself up as a democratic model.” Trump put a “nail in the coffin” of Ronald Reagan‘s model of the U.S. as a “shining city on a hill,” it added, citing Trump’s stated intention to end military aid to Ukraine and to negotiate a peace deal that’s more favorable to Russia.

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A judge has reportedly reinstated the plea deals negotiated for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and two other co-defendants—meaning they will no longer face the death penalty for terrorism and other charges related to the attack that took place over 20 years ago, according to a new report. The order was issued by Air Force Col. Matthew McCall, a Guantanamo Bay judge, and has not been released to the public yet, sources told the Associated Press. The deal would have allowed Mohammed and his co-defendants to plead guilty to the charges, which include 2,976 murder charges for each individual killed on 9/11, and avoid the death penalty; ending the decades-long fight to hold the planners of the attack accountable. Prosecutors originally struck the deals with Mohammed and his co-defendants due to concerns that a death penalty sentence would not be possible due to his alleged torture while in CIA custody, sources told the Daily Beast at the time. However, the deals were revoked by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin just two days later.

A renowned German newspaper responded to Donald Trump’s electoral victory in a four letter headline: “F--k.” The crassly titled article was published Wednesday in Die Zeit, a Hamburg, Germany newspaper that often features longform reporting, essays, and columns. Writing from the perspective of German citizens, author Nele Pollatschek detailed the emotions of watching live election results for the U.S. presidency. Unable to sleep out of anxiety, she wrote “Half past five is also a perfectly appropriate time for feeling helpless, for feeling sorry for yourself, for panicking and for sheer horror.” She also sarcastically detailed how Trump’s return to the White House could imperil his political adversaries. “Last time, Trump’s advisers stopped him from doing too much nonsense,” she continued. “Except that he replaced them for exactly that reason.” Pollatschek’s article was one of several pieces focused on the 2024 presidential election dominating German media coverage on Wednesday, as the European nation faces its own political tensions. The country’s most widely-read tabloid called Trump’s victory “the last warning signal for our government” as it attempts to address core issues including immigration and the economy.

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