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

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung used a disability slur on X to attack Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) during a dispute over the release of FBI files tied to Jeffrey Epstein.

A 1914 Japanese American silent film long believed lost has been added to the National Film Registry as part of the Library of Congress’ January 2026 selections. “The Oath of the Sword,” produced by the Japanese American Film Company, survived in a single print held by the George Eastman Museum before being restored through a preservation effort led by Denise Khor, a professor at Northeastern University.

Nearly 600 original 35 mm Chinese-language film prints recovered from Los Angeles’ former Sing Lee Theatre are now returning to public exhibition through the UCLA Film & Television Archive. The films, produced between 1960 and 1988 and originally screened in Chinatown, include works from major Hong Kong studios such as Shaw Brothers and Cathay.

U.S. media coverage of Winter Olympians Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu treated their nationality decisions as measures of allegiance rather than parallel career choices, according to a University of Michigan study published in January.

Oregon will observe the 10th anniversary of Minoru Yasui Day on March 28 in recognition of the attorney who tested wartime discrimination laws and became, so far, the state’s only Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.

More than 1,000 scholars nationwide sent a letter Thursday urging Northwestern University to apologize for its treatment of late Feinberg School of Medicine Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide in July 2024 following years of institutional scrutiny.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is rolling out a four-figure digital advertising effort this week across 18 competitive House districts, attacking Trump and Republicans on tariff policies and immigration enforcement ahead of Tuesday’s Lunar New Year celebrations.

Major cities across the country are preparing to welcome the Year of the Horse with vibrant Lunar New Year festivities, even as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown casts a shadow over celebrations in many communities.

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 breakthrough for LGBTQ+ rights in the heavily Catholic nation where such unions remain outlawed.