Jasmine Laws

About Me

I work as a Live News Reporter for Newsweek, reporting on news across the globe and the US.

I completed my fast-track NCTJ with gold-standard at News Associates, and graduated from Durham University with a BA degree in Liberal Arts (English Literature and Philosophy).

Previously, I worked as a digital journalist at News UK, a Senior Political and Media Consultant for the Bridgehead Group, and was also Co-Editor for Comment Central. I have also written for the Metro, Byline Times and The Express as a freelancer. 



While training with News Associates, I worked as a reporter for The Londoners, and as a news-reader, presenter, producer and reporter at Riverside Radio.


I previously worked as Assistant Editor of Ski Luxe Magazine of Beau Monde Media, and as the UK and Middle Eastern Correspondent for the Human Perspective.


Aside from journalism, from March to June 2023, I taught English in Bari, Italy with Lord Byron College, as a Cambridge CELTA qualified teacher. I also produced commissioned artwork during the first lockdown to raise money for charity. 

My Latest Work

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Trump vs. Harris: Who will rack up most debt for the US?

Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has put forward a plan to address the rising debt burden, according to a report released today from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.The Committee said in their report that both presidential candidates would increase deficits and debt, but the debt would be higher under Trump.Estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget stated Harris' policies would increase the national debt by $3.50 trillion b...
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LEGO website hacked by crypto scam promoting fake LEGO coin

LEGO's website was momentarily hacked early Saturday morning by a crypto scam promoting a fake LEGO coin token.The scam appeared as a banner on the website's homepage underneath a promotional advertisement of the LEGO Fortnite collaboration where LEGO has started to make building models of various Fortnite characters and features.The hackers directed those who clicked on the fraudulent link to an alternate website, EconoTimes reported, however the issue was soon resolved after LEGO removed the s...
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Alex Cooper reveals why she interviewed Kamala Harris

Podcaster Alex Cooper has shared her reasoning for interviewing Kamala Harris, despite her podcast "Call Her Daddy" typically avoiding political topics.Cooper featured the vice president in a widely publicized episode released on Sunday, focused on the subject of women's rights, including abortion.Explaining why she decided to discuss politics, Cooper revealed she had been "going back and forward on this decision for a while, to get involved or to not get involved."She said, "As you guys know, I...
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Statewide manhunt underway after Texas police chief shot

A statewide manhunt is underway in Texas after a police chief was shot late Thursday night.A blue alert was issued for 33-year-old Seth Altman, who is suspected of shooting Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant, according to News 4 San Antonio. The alert remains active on the Texas Department of Public Safety website.Altman has been described as a white man with blue eyes and red or auburn hair. He weighs 220 pounds and is 6 foot 2 inches tall. He was last seen at the 200 block of S 4th St in Memphis,...
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Gen Z drug dealer used Instagram to sell thousands of fentanyl pills

A 23-year-old drug dealer in North Carolina has been sentenced to 144 months in prison after being accused of using Instagram to advertise and sell drugsAxel Rodriguez, also known as "Flash," pled guilty to conspiracy and trafficking of fentanyl on April 25, after an FBI investigation found he was selling fentanyl in the area using his social media account.A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina says he is being held accountable for more than 70...
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Mark Cuban says stability and "vibe" is more important than lower taxes

Mark Cuban has shared his thoughts on what informs people's political beliefs, suggesting "vibe" may matter more than economic policy.Speaking on Farokh Radio, a podcast hosted by crypto commentator and investor Farokh Sarmad, on October 3, Cuban was asked what matters most to the "top entrepreneurs" in the U.S., and whether it really is all about lowering taxes, which Cuban disputed.Cuban said that most of his friends date back to his high school and college years, suggesting they may have more...
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Map shows states that serve the tastiest BBQ

A survey has shown that most Americans associate Texas with the best barbecue in the country, while Alaska was at the bottom of the rankings.According to the World Population Review, some 73 percent of the 1,000 survey respondents who were interviewed for the data in 2022 believed that Texas was the state most associated with having the best barbecue, while only 4 percent thought the same of Alaska.Texas was voted for 40 percent more than other high-ranking states for having the best barbecue, w...
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Before and after images show Helene damage in North Carolina

New satellite images show the damage left by Hurricane Helene in two towns in North Carolina, as the death toll edges past 215 people.Helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005, also leaves dozens of people as yet unaccounted for. About half of the victims were in North Carolina, with dozens more were killed in South Carolina and Georgia.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said that there is not enough money for the Federal Emergency Management...
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Map shows safest countries for women travelers

Safety for women traveling abroad has improved in recent years at a gradual rate, according to the findings of a Washington, D.C., institute.Newsweek spoke to Elena Ortiz, research manager at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, who shared that since the institute's findings in 2017, the global average Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index score has improved by about 3 percent."This tells us that women's status is improving overall worldwide, but at a modest rate," she said. "...
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Port strikes will benefit my industry, CEO Says

The CEO of a global real estate company has said his business will benefit from the port strikes, despite concerns over the risk of rising inflation and adverse effects on the U.S. election.Hamid Moghadam said that Prologis, one of the world's biggest warehousing companies, would see increase in "demand for our product".The Chairman and CEO said that disruption from the strikes will cause "havoc" because modern supply chains are optimized and highly organized.Moghadam told the BBC Radio 4 that t...
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Strawberry vertical farm to use 90% less water and no pesticides

A farm grown vertically indoors in the U.S. aims to use 90 percent less water, 97 percent less land and no pesticides while producing more than 4 million pounds of strawberries a year.The Virginia farm in Richmond will grow the berries in 9-meter-tall towers, using less than 1 acre of land.Most of the country's strawberry farming happens in California, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it was found that in 2017, the average yield from one acre of farmland in the state was 68,0...
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Border officers intercept 'poisonous' Narcan-resistant drug

Border protection officers in Philadelphia have announced the interception of a deadly drug that is Narcan-resistant.Xylazine, a tranquilizer used for large animals that authorities have determined is being mixed with opioids like fentanyl and heroin, has no known antidote. Narcan, the medication that helps to prevent opioid overdose deaths, cannot protect someone from a xlyazine overdose.The most recent parcel seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had arrived in the state via ex...
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Woman who killed mom in murder-suicide had brain-altering tumor: coroner

A 61-year-old who shot her mother and then herself was suffering from a cancerous tumor that was determined brain-altering by a coroner.Pearl River County coroner Derek Turnage said that Helena Malone stopped cancer treatment for a brain tumor in June, but that since then her family had noticed a change in Malone's demeanor, local outlet wlox.com reported.Turnage said he "felt certain" the untreated tumor was likely to have been the root of her violence, which "stemmed" from a "medical condition...
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine 'infuriated' by J.D. Vance immigration remarks

The GOP Governor for Ohio Mike DeWine has lashed out at J.D. Vance over comments he made regarding Donald Trump's claim that Haitian immigrants had been eating cats and dogs.In his most forceful remarks yet, DeWine told Politico that he grew "more infuriated" as the Republican nominee for Vice President referred to Springfield's Haitian community as "illegal aliens".DeWine said that Vance, who is set to debate Democrat nominee Tim Walz tomorrow, should not "make up stuff" about migrants who have...
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NFT artwork sales have flatlined. What happened?

New data shows that the sale of art NFTs has massively dropped since a boom in 2021, according to Statista.There were only 1,459 sales of art NFTs last month. In the same month in 2021, there were more than 100,000.Newsweek investigated which factors could be behind the decline in sales.Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a type of crypto asset that allows an investor to prove their ownership of real or digital items, including digital pieces of artwork.NFTs are traded via blockchain technology, a fo...
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Doug Emhoff: 'We need a strong Republican Party'

Doug Emhoff, husband of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, said that the U.S. needs "a strong Republican Party" to ensure productive debates on policy and the country's future.The second gentleman made the comments during Friday's episode of The Rest Is Politics: US podcast, hosted by former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, and journalist Katty Kay, in which he also said it was not enough to not support former President Donald Trump, "you've got to support Kama...
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Who is Andrew Litinsky? Major Trump investor just dumped millions of shares

A major investor in Donald Trump's media organization, Trump Media & Technology Group, sold most of their shares in the company, according to a statement of ownership report released last night.Investor Andrew Litinsky's firm United Atlantic Ventures (UAV) now owns 100 shares worth around $1,400, the document shows, which is down from the 7.5 million shares his firm previously owned as of late March, which equated to 5.5 percent of the company's common stock and were worth more than $100 million...
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Is this the closest Presidential Election race in history?

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain in a close race for the White House, with less than 40 days to go until the election.Recent polling averages have given Harris a slim lead nationally over Trump, well within the margin of error, and many battleground states remain toss-ups. The narrow gap between the candidates has prompted experts and commentators to say this is the closest presidential election history in decades, if not more than a century.It is an "incredi...
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Young couple allegedly tried to sell baby for six pack of beer and cash

A young couple in Arkansas has been accused of trying to sell their 2-month-old baby for a six-pack of beer and $1,000 by authorities, according to court documents.Darien Urban, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, have been accused of one count each of endangering the welfare of a minor and attempting to accept consideration for relinquishment of a minor by the Benton County Sheriff's Office.On September 21, the Benton County Sheriff's Office got a tip-off from a caller that the parents of a two-month-o...
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In photos: Florida prepares for Hurricane Helene to make landfall

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida this evening, potentially as a Category 4 storm.Multiple weather warnings are in place for Florida and parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama, and Helene is forecast to sweep through Florida and Georgia, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).The tail end of the storm is expected to reach Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana by the weekend as well.More From Newsweek Vault: Online Banks vs. Traditional Banks: Learn the D...
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Chart reveals most popular groceries among Americans

The most popular groceries bought by Americans in the year to June were fruits and vegetables, despite a hamburger and French fries being the most sought-after dish.Data from Statista showed that 64 percent of 10,085 respondents between the ages of 18 and 64 most frequently bought fruit and vegetables when going to the grocery store, which was followed closely by eggs at 60 percent.The survey was conducted over the course of a year, from June 2023 to June 2024. In the second quarter of this year...
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Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger face China backlash over cotton 'boycott'

China has started an investigation into the company which owns major U.S. fashion brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for "boycotting Xinjiang cotton and other products."The country's Ministry of Commerce initiated its probe into the PVH Group under the terms of the Unreliable Entity List, a list officially released in 2020 specifying which foreign firms or individuals have violated Chinese market rules or contractual obligations, according to the South China Morning Post.Organizations on th...
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Mia Khalifa: 'I despise the American government'

Mia Khalifa, who has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, said she despised the U.S. government during an interview with British-American broadcaster Louis Theroux.The model and influencer made the comments on an episode of Theroux's podcast released on Tuesday, in which she described America as the "country of capitalism, it's the American dream, there's no limit to what you can accomplish there," but added, "I despise the American govern...
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Map shows which states have the worst prisons

A key factor the two presidential candidates will need to address as the election draws closer is the crime and justice system, and how it maintains public safety.According to a Pew Research poll conducted earlier this year, 80 percent of prospective Republican voters felt the justice system wasn't tough enough on criminals, while about half of the Democrat voters felt the same way. Those feeling strongest about the handling of criminals were older, white Trump supporters, the poll showed.The st...
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