Americans’ views of China have become modestly more positive after several years of sharply negative sentiment, according to a March survey by the Pew Research Center. The share of U.S. adults with favorable opinions rose to 27%, up from 21% last year and roughly double the level recorded in 2023. Even with that increase, 71% continue to view China unfavorably.

Federal immigration agents forced entry into a St. Paul home on Jan. 18 and detained ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a 56-year-old Hmong American later confirmed to be a U.S. citizen. Officers removed him from his house at gunpoint while he was wearing only his underwear in subfreezing temperatures and held him for about one to two hours before releasing him. Ramsey County officials are investigating whether the operation violated state law, saying that federal agents “may have committed the crimes of kidnapping, burglary, and false imprisonment.”

The share of Asian American students in Johns Hopkins University’s incoming class has surged by nearly 20 percentage points in two years, accelerating a national debate over who benefits and who loses when elite universities move away from race-conscious admissions.

Asian last names dominated the list of fastest-growing surnames in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, a trend linked to a broader demographic transformation, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday.

A South Korean court sentenced American YouTuber Johnny Somali, whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, to six months in prison after documenting a pattern of disruptive livestream stunts across Seoul. Prosecutors presented footage showing him harassing workers, making explicit remarks and refusing to leave businesses. The court ruled the conduct constituted repeated obstruction of business and public nuisance violations.

Anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. reached a record 228 incidents in 2025, a sharp increase that came even as overall hate crimes declined 11% from the previous year, according to a preliminary analysis of FBI data.

Philip Wang, co-founder of Wong Fu Productions, said Asian American filmmakers are not turning high-profile breakthroughs into sustained industry influence, citing a pattern where directors shift away from Asian-centered stories after gaining recognition.

The Lao, Hmong and American Veterans Memorial is seeking public donations as it prepares to dedicate 10 new picture panels and engrave eight additional names this year. The panels are part of an ongoing effort to document Lao, Hmong and American veterans who served in the U.S.-backed Secret War in Laos from 1961 to 1975. Organizers continue to identify and verify names decades after the conflict ended.

Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of his second term, a ProPublica analysis found.