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Taiwan’s 2027 defense push reflects deepening U.S.-China-Japan strategic competition
President Lai Ching-te unveiled Taiwan’s most ambitious military spending program last week, committing $1.25 trillion Taiwan dollars ($40 b...
Trump orders migration freeze from ‘Third World Countries’
President Donald Trump pledged to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” following a deadly shooting in Washington, D....
Myanmar refugees face return to civil war after Trump admin ends protection
Roughly 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the U.S. face deportation to a war-torn homeland after the Trump administration ended their temporary pro...
UT Austin’s first woman, Asian American police chief files discrimination suit
Eve Stephens, the first Asian American woman to lead any University of Texas (UT) System police department, has filed a federal lawsuit agai...
Rep. Young Kim condemns socialism as she prepares for GOP primary
Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) recently condemned socialism with a personal take, echoing President Donald Trump’s “communist” branding of NYC Ma...
SF man faces life in prison for fatal beating of Asian American grandmother
A 25-year-old man convicted of killing an elderly woman as part of an anti-Asian crime spree in 2019 will likely receive a life sentence wit...
Navy vet’s daughter released after 8 months in ICE detention
Alma Bowman, a Filipino American activist, regained her freedom this week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) held her for eight...
She is Alabama’s first Asian American mayor
Ranae Bartlett, 58, is Alabama’s first Asian American mayor, winning more than 56% of the vote in the City of Madison’s mayoral race in Augu...
Stanford sees Asian enrollment spike after affirmative action ruling
The Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision ending race-conscious admissions has reshaped Stanford University’s incoming class, with Asian and wh...
Asian immigrants face growing fears under Trump, new poll shows
Fears of detention or deportation have surged by 15 percentage points among Asian immigrants, according to a survey of 1,805 immigrants cond...
DOGE quietly disbands after delivering fraction of promised savings
President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has disbanded with eight months remaining on its mandate, ending a high-...
Prominent MAGA influencers on X exposed as foreign actors
A new transparency feature on X has revealed that numerous prominent MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors, with many accounts traced...
Met Museum returns 18th Century Buddhist painting to South Korea
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned a Buddhist painting from 1798 to a South Korean temple, acknowledging the work was believed take...
Immigrants sue DHS, ICE over ‘inhumane’ conditions at California detention center
Seven immigrants detained at California’s largest ICE facility filed a federal class-action lawsuit last week against the Department of Home...
Japan eyes tripling departure tax to combat overtourism
Japan is weighing a plan to triple its departure tax from 1,000 yen ($6.40) to 3,000 yen ($19.20) per person as record visitor numbers fuel ...
Chinese mother’s tearful plea in Texas court sheds light on border desperation
A Chinese woman arrested last week after crossing the Rio Grande wept in federal court as she explained her desperate journey to support her...
Beijing unleashes economic pressure on Japan over escalating Taiwan dispute
Japan dispatched a senior diplomat to Beijing Monday to calm a deepening dispute after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Tokyo mi...
He was deported to Laos despite court order blocking removal
A father claiming U.S. citizenship was deported to Laos last month even as a federal judge ordered immigration authorities to keep him in th...
Another Chinese national dies in ICE custody
Another Chinese national died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in late October, contributing to what has become th...
Katseye speaks out on death threats, racist attacks
Members of global girl group Katseye say they have received multiple death threats online targeting them and their families, with Lara Raj e...
Family sues US government over Chinese immigrant’s death in ICE custody
A Chinese national’s death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody is now the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by his family,...
Former JACL president David Lin, wife killed in New Jersey double homicide
A former president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and his wife were found killed in their Hillsborough, New Jersey, home in...
Laotian man has spent months in ICE custody despite seeking to self-deport
A 56-year-old Colorado refugee who wants to return to Laos has spent nearly three months in immigration detention, highlighting potential dy...
Illinois DOT worker, who is Indian American, stopped and questioned about Mamdani
An Indian American Illinois Department of Transportation employee was allegedly stopped and questioned about his immigration status before b...
Asian American lawmakers demand Dems fight harder after shutdown deal
Asian American members of Congress are pressing Democratic leadership to adopt more aggressive tactics against the Trump administration afte...
South Korean workers prepare class action suit after Georgia ICE raid
Nearly 200 South Korean engineers detained at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia in September intend to sue Immigration...
ICE has detained over 170 US citizens in its immigration sweeps: report
More than 170 U.S. citizens were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) between January and early October, a ProPublica inves...
US appeals court OKs Florida’s ban on Chinese citizens buying property
A federal appeals court ruled last Tuesday that Florida can enforce a 2023 law restricting property purchases by Chinese nationals, dismissi...
Congress moves to end shutdown as Asian Americans face disproportionate impact
Following Monday’s 60-40 Senate approval, the House is set to vote today on compromise legislation to end the nation’s longest government sh...
Second racially motivated sexual assault of Sikh woman shakes UK community
U.K. authorities have charged a 32-year-old Birmingham man with rape and other offenses following what police describe as a racially aggrava...
Vance doubles down on desire for Hindu wife’s conversion to Christianity
Vice President JD Vance has defended his public statements about wanting his Hindu wife, Usha, to embrace Christianity, dismissing criticism...
Border Patrol, ICE sued over escalating tactics in Chicago crackdown
Federal immigration officers deploying chemicals against Chicago protesters are using tactics that experts say breach professional norms and...
Texas freezes program helping Asian American, minority-owned businesses
Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock has frozen the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, blocking Asian American, Hi...
SNAP freeze leaves Asian American families scrambling for food
The Trump administration’s month-long government shutdown cut off food stamp benefits for millions of Asian Americans over the weekend, leav...
Mamdani makes history as NYC’s first Muslim, first South Asian mayor
Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral race Tuesday, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo By the numbers: The 34-year-old state lawmaker, ...
Canadian McDonald’s video piles on surge in anti-Indian racism worldwide
A video showing a young white man hurling racist abuse at an Indian worker inside an Oakville, Ontario, McDonald’s outlet has gone viral, hi...
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