NextShark Asian American News

By Ryan General
Indian American Second Lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance announced Sunday that they have welcomed their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance. Alec’s birth marks the first time in more than 150 years that a sitting U.S. vice president has welcomed a child while in office.

By Ryan General
Fox News host Jesse Watters came under fire after joking that “women in Asia” should “be careful” around U.S. service members who could become “wild animals” after taking testosterone. The 48-year-old anchor, whose past on-air segments involving Asians have been called out for blatant racism, laughed while describing the prospect of women facing sexually aggressive troops.

By Carl Samson
Dr. Nirav Shah, the former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director who joined the state’s U.S. Senate contest less than two weeks ago, has ended his campaign and endorsed former state Senate President Troy Jackson, the Democratic front-runner to replace embattled Graham Platner.

By Carl Samson
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to fight a new Trump administration rule indicating that an applicant’s use of Medicaid, food stamps or housing aid can count against a green card application.

By Carl Samson
A Chinese human rights lawyer who escaped Beijing’s crackdown on his profession said he came to the U.S. trusting in its rule of law, ahead of a hearing next week that could send him back.

By Carl Samson
A 57-year-old Asian man was left handcuffed and screaming on an airport floor in Las Vegas after two plainclothes ICE agents abandoned him following an attempted arrest, walking away once onlookers began filming.

By Carl Samson
Minnesota’s Ramsey County has sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for allegedly refusing to cooperate with its investigation into federal agents’ treatment of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a Hmong American U.S. citizen detained during a January immigration raid in St. Paul.

By Carl Samson
President Donald Trump’s accusation that China stole 220 million American voter files to sway the 2020 election drew a sharp denial from Beijing and stirred fresh anxiety among Chinese American leaders, who fear their communities could become political scapegoats ahead of the November midterms.

By Carl Samson
Republican campaigns have leaned on anti-Asian caricature and unproven claims of Chinese election interference ahead of the midterms.

By Carl Samson
A Boston seismologist has been held in China for nearly two years without a public trial, forcing his family to break their silence last week as Beijing shows no plans to free him.
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