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Trump calls for death penalty for suspect in Charlotte light rail stabbing
Trump says the trial of Decarlos Brown Jr. should be "quick"
President Donald Trump called for Decarlos Brown Jr. to face the death
penalty for the alleged murder of Iryna Zarutska on Wednesday.
Trump made the statement on social media, saying the trial for suspect Decarlos Brown Jr. should be "quick."
"The ANIMAL who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from
Ukraine, who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be
given a ‘Quick’ (there is no doubt!) Trial, and only awarded THE DEATH
PENALTY," Trump posted on Truth Social. "There can be no other option!"
Zarutska's slaying has brought about heavy criticism of Democrats, who
critics accuse of adopting soft-on-crime laws that allow violent
criminals to roam the streets. Trump argued Monday that the victim's
"blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in
jail."
Grieving Illinois father blames sanctuary policies as ICE issues crackdown in daughter's honor
Federal officials say Chicago raids target criminal migrants in memory of 20-year-old victim
An Illinois father grieving the loss of his daughter is blaming Gov. JB
Pritzker's migrant policies, saying they led to devastating
consequences.
"My daughter was taken. We are separated, I will never see her again,"
Joe Abraham said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends," describing the loss of
his 20-year-old daughter, Katie.
"She got death; I got a life-sentence."
Katie Abraham and a friend were waiting at a stoplight in January 2025
when police say their car was struck at high speed by a Guatemalan man
in the U.S. illegally. Authorities said he was suspected of drunk
driving. Katie died at the scene, while her friend later died at a
nearby hospital.
ICE agents have tires slashed in New York protest
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were forced to retreat
from a roofing job site in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday after
protesters slashed the tires of a Border Patrol SUV during a tense
standoff that lasted hours.
Newsweek has contacted ICE and the New York Governor's office for comment via email.
The incident in Rochester comes as confrontations between immigration
agents and protesters have been intensifying nationwide, prompting
President Donald Trump's administration to send National Guard troops
to cities including Los Angeles.
The New York Times reported last week that officials are preparing a
broader enforcement surge and have signaled plans to "crack down" on
sanctuary cities, which bar local police from aiding federal
immigration authorities.
More than 100 demonstrators gathered in the Park Avenue neighborhood in
Rochester on Tuesday as ICE agents detained an immigrant worker,
identified by his employer only as "Chino," according to local radio
station WXXI.
China's defence minister holds call with US counterpart, Xinhua reports
China's defence minister Dong Jun held a video call with his U.S.
counterpart Pete Hegseth on Tuesday at the latter's request, China's
state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
Dong urged the U.S. defence secretary to maintain communication and an
open attitude, and foster stable and positive military ties based on
"equal respect, peaceful coexistence, and mutual respect", according to
Xinhua.
China is committed to working with regional countries to maintain peace
and stability in the South China Sea, and opposes "the infringement and
provocation of certain countries and the deliberate incitement of
countries not in the region," Dong was cited as saying.
Commerce Sec. Lutnik Eyes Universities for Patent Revenues
The U.S. government is considering a
plan to take some of the profits from the money generated by patents
developed at major universities that use federal funding, Commerce
Secretary Howard Lutnick told The Axios Show.
The Trump administration has already been increasing control over, and
profit from, the private sector, such as taking a stake in Intel and a
cut of Nvidia's sales in China.
When Lutnick was asked about other kinds of deals that might give the
U.S. a share of profits, he replied: "I think universities, who are
getting all this money. The scientists get the patents, the
universities get the patents and the funder of $50 billion, the U.S.
government, you know what we get? Zero."
The commerce secretary made the point that, "in business, if I gave
them 100% of their money, I would get half the profits, with the
scientists. So I think if we fund it and they invent a patent, the
United States of America taxpayer should get half the benefit."
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant reveals names of leaders she met — and the time she sat in Queen Elizabeth’s throne
Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant claimed she had met Prince Andrew
and shockingly sat on the late Queen Elizabeth II’s throne at
Buckingham Palace, according to a 2003 book celebrating the pedophile’s
50th birthday.
The disgraced financier’s former staffer, who remains unidentified,
made the revelations in the 238-page book, titled “The First Fifty
Years,” which was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell decades ago.
The full book, provided to Congress by Epstein’s estate, was released
by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Monday evening after
panel Democrats released only the Donald Trump page.
Among the myriad revelations, the woman said Epstein flew her around
the globe and introduced her to countless high-profile figures,
including celebrities, world leaders and royals.
$100M
in LA wildfire aid is being doled out to fund pet clinics, DEI projects
and fungus planting— but not a dime directly to victims
A star-studded benefit concert featuring everyone from Billie Eilish to
Lady Gaga raised about $100 million for victims of the LA wildfires in
January — but struggling locals say they have yet to see a dime from it
eight months later.
The massive, much-ballyhooed FireAid event — which drew heavy-hitter
supporters such as former Veep Kamala Harris and her hubby, Doug Emhoff
— has doled out the dough to 197 charities, many of which are focused
on a variety of niche, woke and DEI causes not directly related to
helping fire victims.
One charity is focused on buying uniforms for kiddie choir singers ($100,000) and another offers pet health care ($250,000).
Organizers — who have been accused of being tone-deaf — said in their
defense that they never claimed FireAid Inc. funds would go directly to
helping victims.
Kamala Harris goes scorched earth on Biden’s decision to run for second term: ‘Recklessness’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has blasted the “recklessness” of
President Joe Biden’s controversial decision to run for a second term —
writing in her forthcoming memoir that the choice should not have been
“left to an individual’s ego.”
The ex-veep’s stunning dig at her former boss was laid bare in an
excerpt of her book, “107 Days,” which was obtained by The Atlantic on
Wednesday.
“Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was
recklessness,” Harris writes of her decision not to convince Biden to
drop out of the 2024 race earlier.
Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace in closest act to ‘open conflict since WWII’
Poland was forced to shoot down
Russian drones that entered its airspace overnight Wednesday —
ominously warning that it brought Europe the “closest … to open
conflict since World War Two.”
Polish and NATO-allied aircraft — including Dutch F-35 fighter jets —
took to the skies late Wednesday to “help ensure safety in Polish
skies” from the drones that crossed into its airspace during a wave of
Russian attacks in western Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament that 19 objects
entered the country’s airspace overnight, with several shot down, in
what the military called an “unprecedented” threat
Poland's airspace 'repeatedly violated' by Russian 'drone-type objects' during attack on Ukraine
“I have no reason to claim we’re on the brink of war, but a line has
been crossed, and it’s incomparably more dangerous than before,” he
said.
Israel Will Kill Hamas Leaders Next Time If They Survived Qatar Attack
If Israel did not kill Hamas leaders in an air strike on Qatar on
Tuesday it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the
United States said after the operation, which raised concerns it would
torpedo efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.
"Right now, we may be subject to a little bit of criticism. They'll get
over it. And Israel is being changed for the better," Yechiel Leiter
told Fox News' "Special Report" program late on Tuesday.
"The region is being changed for the better as we remove these enemies
of peace and these enemies of Western civilization from their ability
to implement terrorism." Israel attempted to kill the political leaders
of Hamas with the attack in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday,
escalating its military action in the Middle East in what the U.S.
described as a unilateral attack that does not advance American and
Israeli interests. The operation was especially sensitive because
mediator Qatar has been hosting negotiations aimed at securing a
ceasefire in the Gaza war which has been raging for nearly two years.
Hamas in Qatar was fair game — and Israel’s strike there can hasten an end to the Gaza war
Israel took a big step toward ending the war in Gaza with Tuesday’s strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar.
It wasn’t immediately clear if any top terror bosses met their maker,
but the strike left no doubt for any who survived: Israel is coming for
them.
If the hostages in Gaza aren’t returned and Hamas fighters don’t
disarm, the terror kingpins’ days are numbered. No matter where they
hide.
Some reports suggested Israel took out a leader or three, though Hamas denied any were among five people it said died.
Iryna Zarutska’s murder exposes the left’s utter incoherence on crime
In the last few days, the horrific stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska by
oft-arrested offender Decarlos Brown Jr. on a Charlotte, NC, commuter
train finally broke into the national conversation.
National media — aside from this newspaper — studiously ignored the
heinous Aug. 22 attack, while Wikipedia’s editors did their best to
airbrush it.
Why? Because they run interference for Democrats, and the story is political nitroglycerine.
Not only did this brutal murder of a white woman by a black man turn
the Democrats’ racial narrative on its head, it underscored and boosted
President Trump’s messaging on urban crime.
Brown had 14 arrests, but turnkey judges and prosecutors kept letting
him go until he committed a terrifying, caught-on-video crime that’s
impossible to explain away — or to weaponize against Republicans.
