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US President Donald Trump has called for the death penalty for 34-year-old homeless man DeCarlos Brown Jr, a suspect in the murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte on 22 August.

Footage shared with CBS News Los Angeles from Van Nuys showed the confrontation at a strip mall, with two men and a woman detained by masked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers. Newsweek reached out to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) for comment via email Wednesday afternoon.

US vows to defend ‘every inch’ of Nato territory after Russian drones enter Poland - US calls Russia’s Polish airspace violations ‘alarming’

President Donald Trump wants drugmakers to lower their prices in the US — so he’ll push them to raise prices in other countries to offset the hit to their bottom line, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Friday.

Crypto company Tether, the creator of the world's largest stablecoin, plans to launch a U.S.-based stablecoin designed for U.S. residents called USAT, the company's CEO Paolo Ardoino said on Friday.