Jessica Kwong

Jessica Kwong | US News Editor

US news editor and writer covering American politics, crime and courts, human interest stories and the world.

Email Jessica Kwongjessica.kwong@metro.co.uk

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Boy, 16, busted for 'stabbing younger teen dead at a McDonald's on Valentine's Day'

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Dead puppy in pizza box left in front of boy by three 'animal torturers'

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video Mandatory Credit: Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI/Shutterstock (15216179l) President Donald Trump announces that Boeing has won a contract for a new fighter jet, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on Friday, March 21, 2025. President Trump Announces Defense Contract at the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 21 Mar 2025

Trump says US is 'very well-equipped to handle' a potential war with China

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Couple accused after fire kills teacher and her young daughter renting their Airbnb

Channel: US US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Woman 'drowns her dog in airport toilet to avoid missing her flight'

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video US President Donald Trump holds an executive order after signing it in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, March 20, 2025. US President Donald Trump will sign an order March 20, 2025 to start dismantling the Department of Education, fulfilling an election campaign pledge and a long-held dream of American conservatives. By law, the Education Department -- created in 1979 -- cannot be shuttered without the approval of Congress, and Republicans do not have the votes to push that through. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs order to shut down Education Department in front of students sitting at desks

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Over 50,000 Hot Ones sauce bottles recalled because they could contain plastic

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
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Baby-faced student bites man's ear off during St Patrick's Day fight

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Teacher 'forced teen boys to wear Scream masks and have group sex'

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Grandpa's last words after being shot buying McDonald's Happy Meals for grandkids

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017 and a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 12, 2025, showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking during a phone call with the US president while sitting at his office in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on March 20, 2025 against heeding a Kremlin call to halt military aid for his country and announced he would speak with US President Donald Trump later within hours. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM and Handout / various sources / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMMHANDOUT/AFP/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hints at taking Ukraine's nuclear power and electrical sites in Zelensky call

Channel: World World March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott. (Caroline Tillman/Federal Public Defender's Office For the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana via AP)

Rapist executed with gas so controversial vets can't use it to put down animals

Channel: US US March 19, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry looks on during the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo

Prince Harry's immigration documents released but spark more questions

Channel: US US March 19, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 4, 2017: A Delta Connection passenger jet (Bombardier CRJ-900LR) taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Sparks fly as plane wing strikes runway while landing

Channel: US US March 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
SANTA MONICA, CA/USA - APRIL 18, 2019: Forever 21 retail store exterior and trademark logo.

Forever 21 announces major liquidation sale after going bankrupt with 354 stores closing

Channel: US US March 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2025. Trump was appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center on February 12, 2025, as a new board of trustees loyal to the US president brought his aggressive rightwing, anti-"woke" stamp to Washington's premier arts venue. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump says 80,000 pages of unredacted JFK files will be made public today

Channel: US US March 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
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Conor McGregor threatens Irish PM with 'many jabs' in row over White House visit

Channel: US US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Donald Trump directly threatens Iran with 'dire consequences' in new post

Channel: US US March 17, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Ukrainian service personnel use searchlights as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia strikes energy plant hours after Putin and Trump agree 'pause' in attacks

Channel: World World March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video US President Donald Trump, left, and US First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House for a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Donald Trump's primetime address Tuesday night from Capitol Hill, billed as a chronicle of his "Renewal of the American Dream," comes at a critical juncture early in his second term, as voters who elected him to tackle inflation and improve the economy are beginning to weigh the impact of his agenda. Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump breaks promise to Melania then does signature dance

Channel: US US March 15, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

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