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....

Trump request puts ‘Rush Hour 4’into development at Paramount

“Rush Hour 4” is now in active development at Paramount Pictures after Donald Trump personally urged the studio to move forward with the lon...

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-...

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...

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, ...

Trump claims he ‘very much opposed’ Hyundai raid amid South Korean warning

President Donald Trump said he was “very much opposed” to last month’s controversial immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, while S...

Trump courts allies in Asia as high-stakes China summit looms

U.S. President Donald Trump touched down in South Korea on Wednesday, concluding a week-long Asian tour that will culminate in a closely wat...

Kamala Harris signals 2028 presidential run: ‘I am not done’

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has indicated she may seek the presidency again, telling the BBC, “I am not done,” during an interv...

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump this week pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted Binance founder whose company provides infrastructure for the Trump ...

Trump nominee withdraws over anti-Asian, pro-Nazi remarks

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), withdrew from consideration earlier this week fol...

Federal raid on Manhattan’s Chinatown sparks fear among Asian Americans

Federal agents targeting street vendors in Manhattan’s Chinatown earlier this week detained nine immigrants on counterfeiting charges, an en...

Indian American GOP political figures face racist attacks over Diwali celebrations

FBI Director Kash Patel faced a torrent of racist and Hinduphobic comments on social media earlier this week after posting Diwali greetings,...

For Asian Americans, ‘No Kings’ is about more than partisanship

Asian American leaders emerged as prominent voices in the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations on Saturday, where an estimated seven million...

How Trump’s immigration policies will hit Asian workers hardest

The Trump administration’s immigration policies will reduce the U.S. labor force by 15.7 million workers by 2035, including 4.7 million from...

Trump’s approval plunges among Asian Americans: poll

Disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration approach has risen sharply among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ad...

Visas revoked over criticism of Charlie Kirk

Six foreigners have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration over social media posts that officials say made derisive remarks or ...

Hung Cao’s Navy confirmation marks uneasy milestone for Asian representation

The swearing-in of Hung Cao as Under Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 3 marked a historic moment for Vietnamese American representation in fede...

Israel-Hamas deal sparks cautious optimism from Asian American leaders

President Donald Trump hailed the release of the final hostages held by Hamas as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” after brokering a ce...

Trump and Beijing exchange fresh threats as trade war intensifies

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to ban Chinese cooking oil imports in retaliation for Beijing’s refusal to buy American soybean...

Trump admin fires diplomat over romance with Chinese national

A foreign service officer lost his job Wednesday after acknowledging he concealed a romantic relationship with a Chinese woman alleged to ha...

Steven Cheung: Nobel Committee chose ‘politics over peace’ with Trump snub

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “politics over peace” early Friday after ...

Beijing denounces Taiwan president for ‘prostituting himself’ to Trump

Beijing accused Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te of “prostituting himself” to foreign powers after he praised U.S. President Donald Trump dur...

Trump suffers another defeat on birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court ruled last Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the Cons...

Duckworth leads pushback against National Guard deployment in Chicago

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is leading aggressive congressional opposition to President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops...

Apple caves to Trump by removing ICEBlock app

An app used to report possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement sightings was removed from Apple’s App Store on Oct. 2 after the Trump ad...

Asian American support for Trump plummets, new poll shows

A 63-percentage-point drop in President Donald Trump’s approval among Asian American voters between July and September marks one of the shar...

Why Trump’s vote-by-mail ban threatens Asian American political power

President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to ban vote-by-mail through executive order have drawn sharp constitutional challenges from civil ri...

Asian American lawmakers rip Hegseth’s ‘woke’ military crackdown

Asian American lawmakers, including combat veteran Tammy Duckworth, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his controversial address...

Mamdani fires back after Trump threatens to cut NYC federal aid if he wins

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani fired back at President Donald Trump after Trump threatened Monday to block federal support i...

Japan says its recognition of Palestinian state a matter of ‘when’

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba conveyed this week that recognizing Palestine as a state is “not a matter of ‘if,’ but of ‘when,’” ma...

South Koreans detail alleged mistreatment during ICE detention

South Korean workers detained in the largest-ever Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) enforcement operation at a Hyundai battery plant in...

Maria Ressa warns Trump’s US mirrors Philippines’ path to authoritarianism

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said the erosion of democratic safeguards in the U.S. resembles the collapse of institutions in the P...

Trump, Xi to meet in South Korea next month

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have agreed to meet at a regional summit in South Korea in late October, building momentum toward res...