Mamdani pushes forward with higher taxes for the rich

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving ahead with higher taxes on New York City’s wealthiest residents and corporations, dismissing concerns about t...

Mamdani makes history with Quran swearing-in as NYC’s 1st Muslim mayor

Zohran Mamdani, 34, became New York City’s 112th mayor on Thursday, using the Quran for his oath of office in what marks the first time the ...

Over 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are AI slop, study finds

More than 20% of videos recommended to brand-new YouTube users are low-quality, AI-generated clips known as “AI slop,” according to a study ...

World-first surgery in China preserves severed ear by grafting it onto patient’s foot

Surgeons in eastern China have reported a world-first case in which a woman’s severed ear was grafted onto her foot to preserve its blood su...

Anti-Asian sign targeting pharmacy in Sydney prompts investigation

Police in Sydney, Australia, are investigating anti-Asian signage placed outside a local pharmacy after CCTV footage captured two men postin...

Amanda Nguyen says Blue Origin flight backlash led to depression

Vietnamese American advocate Amanda Nguyen said the intense online backlash following Blue Origin’s all-women spaceflight in April 2025 push...

Japanese artist blasts DHS for using his art in deportation post

Hiroshi Nagai, a 79-year-old Japanese illustrator known for nostalgic coastal scenes, says the Department of Homeland Security used his artw...

Kaohly Her sworn in as St. Paul’s 1st woman and Asian American mayor

Former state representative Kaohly Her was sworn in Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota, becoming the first woman and the first Asian American to ...

Asian Americans pushed out of Chinatowns at accelerating rate: report

Manhattan’s Chinatown has lost more than 20% of its Asian residents over the past decade, nearly quadruple the previous decade’s displacemen...

Slant-eye mockery brings Hmong American child to tears in viral video

An emotional video showing a Hmong American child describing racist bullying at school has gone viral as attention grows around the persiste...

ICE records show $300 million expansion of surveillance tools under Trump

Federal records show U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expanding its enforcement toolkit with more than $300 million earmarked across...

Military lawyer’s role in Caribbean strike comes under scrutiny

The staff judge advocate at Joint Special Operations Command, Col. Cara Hamaguchi, advised that a second strike against shipwrecked survivor...

Trump admin drops plan to deport Chinese whistleblower

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has abandoned efforts to send Guan Heng to Uganda, reversing course after growing calls to protect...

Chinese father and son deported after weeks-long ICE separation

A Chinese father and his 6-year-old son who were separated for weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest in New York C...

ICE detainees hit all-time high

Federal immigration authorities detained more than 68,400 people as of Dec. 14, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to data ...

Half of peer reviewers now use AI: survey

Half of scientific peer reviewers now rely on artificial intelligence to evaluate manuscripts, yet 75% of researchers report they cannot tel...

Ramaswamy condemns GOP intolerance at Turning Point USA conference

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy used a speech at AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20 to condemn rising intolerance within the Rep...

Sulu set to return for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ series finale

Hikaru Sulu will appear in the series finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” bringing one of television’s most consequential Asian Ameri...

America felt ‘great again’ for only 1 in 10 adults in 2025, survey finds

Only 10% of U.S. adults described 2025 as a “great” year, according to a Talker Research survey of 2,000 Americans. Another 39% rated it “ju...

Lung cancer rising among Asian women nonsmokers in Northern California

Asian women who have never smoked in Northern California are experiencing a sharp and underrecognized rise in lung cancer, eight years of Ka...

California city settles anti-Asian discrimination lawsuits for $700,000

The city of Folsom, California, has paid $700,000 to two former police officers who sued over anti-Asian discrimination and whose departures...

GOP senator pushes bill to end dual citizenship

Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced legislation earlier this month that would require Americans to hold only U.S. citizenship, for...

Trump admin ramps up efforts to revoke citizenship of foreign-born US citizens: report

The Trump administration is directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to refer 100 to 200 denaturalization cases each mont...

Bowen Yang bids farewell to ‘SNL’ after eight barrier-breaking years

Bowen Yang closed his chapter on “Saturday Night Live” on Dec. 20, ending an eight-year tenure with a final performance. In a holiday sketch...

Andrew Schulz emerges as the weakest link in ‘Street Fighter’ live-action cast

As the “Street Fighter” film enters its marketing phase following the teaser trailer debut at the 2025 Game Awards, renewed scrutiny has fal...

Vietnamese nationals lead record growth in South Korea’s foreign population

Vietnamese residents have become the fastest-growing foreign community in South Korea, with 270,000 living in the country. Recent official d...

Taiwan’s population drops for 23rd consecutive month as births fall to record low

Taiwan’s population fell again in November, marking 23 straight months of decline with only 7,946 births recorded. The Ministry of the Inter...

Finland PM apologizes to Asian nations after lawmakers’ slant-eye gestures

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo issued formal apologies to Japan, China and South Korea through embassy channels on Wednesday after a ...

Most Pacific Islanders don’t report racism despite high incident rates: survey

Sixty-one percent of Pacific Islander (PI) adults who experienced hate acts in 2024 never reported them to authorities, according to a Stop ...

Vietnam’s martial arts continue elite streak at SEA Games 33

Vietnam delivered a historic karate performance at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games by finishing first in the discipline after securing six go...

Ramaswamy attempts to reconnect to skeptical GOP base with moon base proposal

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wrote a New York Times essay published Wednesday promoting a large-scale national project, incl...

Jimmy Lai convicted as Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy party votes to disband

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement sustained its most serious legal and political setbacks in years over the weekend. Jimmy Lai, the outspok...

Homan begs Democrats to stop ICE criticism as Asian deaths in custody rise

White House Border Czar Tom Homan urged Democratic leaders last week to end their criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) per...

Chinese whistleblower who exposed Uyghur camps faces deportation

A Chinese national who filmed detention facilities in Xinjiang at great personal risk now faces removal from the U.S., drawing widespread ca...

Kash Patel’s incompetence on display again with Brown shooting misstep

FBI Director Kash Patel faces renewed criticism following his premature announcement about a person of interest in the Brown University shoo...

Bondi gunmen’s travel to Philippines before terror shooting under probe

The two suspected gunmen in a terror attack that left 16 dead at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach last weekend had traveled to...