Documentary by ex-Trump advisor calls for removal of Chinese students

Former Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortes is calling for the removal of Chinese nationals from American campuses in a newly released docume...

Steven Cheung uses slur against Ro Khanna in fight over unredacted Epstein files

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung used a disability slur on X to attack Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) during a dispute over the ...

Restored 1914 Asian American silent film added to the National Film Registry

A 1914 Japanese American silent film long believed lost has been added to the National Film Registry as part of the Library of Congress’ Jan...

Hundreds of rescued LA Chinatown film prints return to the silver screen

Nearly 600 original 35 mm Chinese-language film prints recovered from Los Angeles’ former Sing Lee Theatre are now returning to public exhib...

Asian American Olympians’ nationality choices cast as ‘loyalty tests’ by media: study

U.S. media coverage of Winter Olympians Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu treated their nationality decisions as measures of allegiance rather than pa...

Oregon marks decade of Minoru Yasui Day

Oregon will observe the 10th anniversary of Minoru Yasui Day on March 28 in recognition of the attorney who tested wartime discrimination la...

Over 1,000 scholars demand Northwestern apologize for treatment of late professor

More than 1,000 scholars nationwide sent a letter Thursday urging Northwestern University to apologize for its treatment of late Feinberg Sc...

Democrats launch Lunar New Year ads hitting Trump on tariffs, immigration

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is rolling out a four-figure digital advertisin...

US cities press forward with Lunar New Year celebrations amid immigration crackdown

Major cities across the country are preparing to welcome the Year of the Horse with vibrant Lunar New Year festivities, even as the Trump ad...

Philippine Supreme Court grants property rights to same-sex couples

In a first for the Philippines, the nation’s Supreme Court has opened the door for same-sex couples to claim shared property ownership, a br...

Older Asians warned about ATM robberies ahead of Lunar New Year in LA

Authorities in Los Angeles County are alerting residents to stay vigilant at banks and ATMs as robbers could exploit Lunar New Year traditio...

Trump’s immigration crackdown ending in Minnesota

The Trump administration is finally ending its controversial immigration operation in Minnesota, a weeks-long crackdown that claimed the liv...

Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu take silver in separate Winter Olympics finals

Asian American star athletes Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu each claimed silver medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in separate finals over...

Reps. Lieu and Jayapal press combative Bondi over newly accessed Epstein files

Questions over redactions, prosecutorial decisions and victim protections dominated Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washing...

9-year-old Chinese American pianist goes viral with Tiny Desk performance

Alexander Zhou, a 9-year-old Chinese American fourth grader at New York City’s Special Music School at Kaufman Music Center, went viral afte...

USC names its first Asian American president

Beong-Soo Kim has been named the 13th president of the University of Southern California (USC), becoming the first Asian American and the in...

Nigel Ng defends Uncle Roger accent after J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s ‘yellowface’ criticism

Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng addressed criticism this week after recently discovering a 2021 video from Japanese American chef J. Kenji López...

How Draco Malfoy became China’s luck symbol for the Year of the Horse

As China welcomes the Year of the Horse, an unexpected blonde wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise has emerged as the nation’s unofficia...

Interview: Senate urged to reject DHS funding after Minnesota killings

With a Friday deadline looming for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, AAPI advocates are pressing lawmakers to withhold billions...

Asian American Olympians respond to Trump calling Team USA athlete a ‘loser’

Asian American athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics responded after President Donald Trump called Team USA freeski competitor Hunte...

Ro Khanna reads 6 redacted Epstein file names into congressional record

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) used the protection of the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause on Tuesday to read into the congressional record...

Nashville’s Chinatown development opens its 1st Asian supermarket

The largest Asian supermarket in the Nashville area opened Friday morning in Antioch as part of the Tennessee Nashville Chinatown developmen...

3 victims identified in deadly Los Angeles 99 Ranch Market crash

Authorities have identified the three people killed after a Mercedes sedan crashed into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood, Los Angeles, last wee...

Texas Rep. Gene Wu faces backlash over resurfaced remarks on minority unity

A December 2024 podcast appearance by Texas State Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston) has ignited controversy after clips of his remarks about minority...

Trump’s attack on the Obamas is an attack on Asian Americans

Donald Trump’s video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes goes beyond an assault on one Black couple. The Truth Social post, whic...

Son charged with murder in deaths of former JACL president, wife

The son of prominent Asian American leaders killed at their Hillsborough, New Jersey, residence last September has been hit with murder char...

The Japanese franchise behind ‘Power Rangers’ ends after 51 years

“Super Sentai,” the long-running Japanese franchise that became the backbone of “Power Rangers,” aired its latest season finale on Feb. 8. T...

YouTube star Markiplier reacts to his self-financed horror film’s box office success

YouTube star Mark Fischbach, known online as Markiplier, said he was “tearing up” as he addressed fans during a livestream following the the...

Trump invites Philippine president, son of late dictator, to ‘Board of Peace’

The Philippine government is reviewing whether to participate in the so-called Board of Peace following a reported personal invitation from ...

Disabled Bangladeshi American woman recounts ICE arrest to Congress

A Minnesota woman testified Tuesday at a congressional forum held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building that Immigration and Customs Enforce...

Filipino American kicker Jason Myers sets Super Bowl field goal record

Filipino American Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers made Super Bowl history on Sunday by converting five field goals, the most ever by a p...

Alysa Liu lifts Team USA to gold in Olympic figure skating team event

Figure skating star Alysa Liu delivered a 74.90-point short program to help Team USA win the gold medal in the Olympic figure skating team e...

Jeremy Lin returns to NBA All-Star Weekend spotlight

Retired basketball star Jeremy Lin will return to NBA All-Star Weekend this month as one of the headliners of the 2026 Ruffles NBA All-Star ...

Epstein email casts new scrutiny on Anwar as Malaysia weighs political fallout

An internal email connected to Jeffrey Epstein described Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim as a potential political asset years before he became prim...

Epstein files reveal Soon-Yi Previn dismissed #MeToo

Soon-Yi Previn, the wife of filmmaker Woody Allen, told Jeffrey Epstein in a 2018 email that the #MeToo movement “has gone too far,” accordi...

2026 Winter Olympics: Asian American athletes compete on world stage

Asian American athletes are currently taking part in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics representing Team USA as well as several other nation...