Carl Samson

Months from leaving office, GOP congresswoman moves to dissolve Asian caucus

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has introduced a resolution that would strip federal recognition from congressional caucuses organized around ...

DOJ says UC San Diego med school used race against Asian, white applicants

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine unlawfully weighed race in admissions to favor Black and Hispanic applicants over ...

Nirav Shah exits Maine Senate race, ending a rare Indian American bid

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...

Mamdani vows to fight Trump rule tying green cards to benefit use

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to fight a new Trump administration rule indicating that an applicant’s use of Medicaid, food s...

He fled China’s crackdown on lawyers for America’s rule of law. Now ICE has him

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 ...

ICE agents leave Asian man cuffed, screaming at Las Vegas airport before vanishing

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 f...

Feds sued over handling of Hmong man dragged from St. Paul home in underwear

Minnesota’s Ramsey County has sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for allegedly refusing to cooperate with its investigation into...

Trump’s China election data claims draw Beijing denial, stir AAPI fears

President Donald Trump’s accusation that China stole 220 million American voter files to sway the 2020 election drew a sharp denial from Bei...

Republicans lean into anti-Asian messaging ahead of the midterms

Republican campaigns have leaned on anti-Asian caricature and unproven claims of Chinese election interference ahead of the midterms. The “p...

Boston seismologist’s family breaks silence after 2 years of secret detention in China

A Boston seismologist has been held in China for nearly two years without a public trial, forcing his family to break their silence last wee...

Trump backs ICE traffic stops after deadly week for immigrants

President Donald Trump has overruled his administration’s day-old decision to halt most Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle...

Indian American candidate announces bid to replace Graham Platner

Former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah has joined Maine Democrats’ scramble to replace Graham Platne...

4 sentenced in burglary ring that targeted Asian American business owners in the Northwest

Four Colombian nationals were sentenced in federal court Tuesday for their roles in a multistate burglary ring that targeted Asian American ...

Dallas man gets 15 years for 2022 hate crime shooting at Korean hair salon

A Dallas man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a hate crime charge for shooting three Korean American women at a ...

Sen. Blackburn’s anti-China ad smashes fortune cookies that aren’t Chinese

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who is running for Tennessee governor, is facing backlash over a campaign ad that saw her crush fortu...

Turning Point official’s ‘speak English’ remark to Vietnamese American GOP lawmaker sparks backlash

A top Turning Point Action official asked a Vietnamese American state lawmaker whether he could speak English during a social media dispute ...

Warrant reveals ‘skinhead’ attack on Asian man, Marines near San Diego area pier

A federal search warrant unsealed this week reveals two previously unreported attacks near California’s Oceanside Pier more than a year ago,...

Trump admin sues 99 Ranch over discrimination against non-Chinese workers

The Trump administration is suing 99 Ranch Market’s parent company, alleging that it systematically fired, underpaid and denied promotions t...

ICE arrests over 10,000 in five days

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 10,000 people over five days at the end of June, roughly doubling its daily arr...

Pastor freed from China after Trump’s appeal to Xi

Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Beijing’s underground Zion Church, has been released after nine months in detention and reunited with fami...

Birthright citizenship loss still leaves Trump’s immigration agenda largely intact

The Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship has not closed off Republican effort...

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court affirmed Tuesday that children born in the U.S. are automatically citizens, rejecting President Donald Trump’s order denyi...

San Francisco’s Chinatown opens world’s 1st Chinese queer museum

A new museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown is giving Chinese and Chinese American LGBTQ+ stories a public home for the first time. A new spac...

Rep. Lieu suggests Trump’s ‘erratic behavior’ due to terminal illness

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) questioned President Donald Trump’s health Wednesday after the White House abruptly canceled a bill signing ceremon...

Rep. Khanna grills GOP witness over his call to denaturalize Chinese Americans

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) confronted a congressional witness Thursday over past social media posts calling for the denaturalization of Chine...

Trump’s crackdown on Chinese researchers is China Initiative 2.0, lawyers say

Immigration attorneys and civil rights advocates believe the Trump administration has quietly built what amounts to a revamped China Initiat...

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to end TPS

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday to allow the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Hait...

Mamdani-backed candidates sweep NY primaries, signaling leftward shift for Dems

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsed candidates swept three congressional primaries on Tuesday, putting democratic socialists on tr...

Trump attacks Supreme Court ahead of birthright citizenship ruling

President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court are colliding with a slate of pending rulings, including on birthright citizenship, th...

Burglaries targeting Asian Americans in Oregon persist despite arrests, prosecutions

Eugene police and community advocates are raising new alarms about organized burglaries targeting Asian American households in Oregon, with ...

Nepal becomes 1st country in South Asia to legalize same-sex marriage

Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued a final ruling affirming marriage equality as a constitutional right, making the Himalayan nation the first...

New initiative aims to get more AAPIs into the boardroom

The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) has launched a $1.5 million initiative aimed at placing more Asian American and Pacific Islander execut...

Chicago man charged with hate crime for burning a cross

A Chicago man is scheduled for a court status hearing today on felony hate crime and arson charges after he admitted to setting a cross on f...

Ex-Rep. Michelle Steel becomes 1st Korean American woman US ambassador to Seoul

The Senate confirmed former Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) as the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea on June 17, putting a Korean American ...

Vincent Chin honored 44 years after his death

Detroit marked the 44th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder over the weekend, with a ceremony honoring the civil rights movement his death ...

Minnesota Supreme Court gets its 1st Asian American justice

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed Judge Reynaldo “Reggie” Aligada Jr. to the Minnesota Supreme Court last month, making him the first Asian ...