Border Patrol, ICE sued over escalating tactics in Chicago crackdown

Federal immigration officers deploying chemicals against Chicago protesters are using tactics that experts say breach professional norms and...

Texas freezes program helping Asian American, minority-owned businesses

Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock has frozen the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, blocking Asian American, Hi...

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...

Filipino stars lead DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Forgotten Island’

DreamWorks Animation announced that a lineup of Filipino and Filipino diaspora artists will headline its upcoming film “Forgotten Island,” s...

Lisa Ling confirms CBS exit after network layoffs

Journalist Lisa Ling confirmed she was among those dismissed from CBS News as part of the company’s latest restructuring. In a video posted ...

AI-generated images of Lee Jung-jae used to defraud woman of $350K

A woman in her 50s from Miryang, South Korea, lost about 500 million won ($350,000), after scammers used AI-generated photos of “Squid Game”...

Man accused in 5 separate anti-Asian attacks arrested in Manhattan

New York City police arrested 33-year-old Clive Porter on Wednesday in connection with a string of five suspected anti-Asian assaults commit...

Ming-Na Wen reveals her 90-year-old mother still ‘insults’ her accomplishments

Accomplished actor Ming-Na Wen, who has starred in several high-profile projects including “The Mandalorian,” “The Book of Boba Fett” and Di...

Canadian McDonald’s video piles on surge in anti-Indian racism worldwide

A video showing a young white man hurling racist abuse at an Indian worker inside an Oakville, Ontario, McDonald’s outlet has gone viral, hi...

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...

Can Asian Americans trust Maine’s Graham Platner?

Maine’s Democratic Senate primary has become a referendum on whether voters can overlook Nazi-linked tattoos and offensive online behavior, ...

GOP lawmakers push to strip Mamdani of US citizenship ahead of election

With New York City’s mayoral election set for Tuesday, Republican legislators are pressing federal authorities to investigate Democratic nom...

Great White accused of reaching out to Asian influencers after racism allegations

Nearly a month after being accused of racially segregating Asian customers, Los Angeles cafe chain Great White is now reportedly contacting ...

Japan’s sushi master Jiro Ono turns 100

Tokyo sushi chef Jiro Ono, founder of the world-renowned Sukiyabashi Jiro, turned 100 on Monday, marking a century of dedication to his craf...

ASEAN’s newest member: East Timor

East Timor (Timor-Leste) officially joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during its Kuala Lumpur summit on Sunday, a move that ...

Mamdani maintains lead in final polls

Despite narrowing margins in the final polls, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani retains his frontrunner position heading into tomorrow’s New...

Yamamoto’s brilliance earns Ohtani’s highest praise as Dodgers repeat

Shohei Ohtani didn’t hesitate to credit his teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto after the Los Angeles Dodgers captured their second consecutive Worl...

Trump’s thirst for a third term recalls histories of unchecked power across Asia

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday that he was “not ruling out” serving a third term, despite the U.S. Con...

Magic Johnson says Shohei Ohtani is baseball’s Kobe Bryant

Basketball legend Magic Johnson compared Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani to Kobe Bryant during a FOX Sports pregame show in Los Ang...

Sandra Oh debuts at the Met Opera

Korean Canadian actor Sandra Oh made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York on Oct. 17, appearing as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Gaetano...

Accused assassin of Japan’s Shinzo Abe confesses

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, confessed to the killing as his murder trial be...

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...

Keke Palmer series sparks backlash for portrayal of Asian student at HBCU

Keke Palmer is facing criticism following the release of “Southern Fried Rice,” a new KeyTV series about a Korean American student raised by...

Hmong refugee pardoned by Michigan governor still faces deportation to Laos

A gubernatorial pardon in Michigan has not ended the deportation threat for Lue Yang, a 47-year-old Hmong refugee and community leader who r...

New York AG launches portal to report ICE following Chinatown raid

New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James has opened a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” to collect photos and videos of possible violations during ...

Could GOP’s outreach efforts to Asian Americans help flip New Jersey governorship?

The battle for New Jersey’s governorship may hinge on Asian American voters, with Democratic officials acknowledging the party’s uphill clim...

Harvard’s Asian American enrollment surges in 2nd year after affirmative action ban

Harvard College’s Asian American enrollment has climbed to 41% in the Class of 2029, an 11-percentage-point jump since the Supreme Court ban...

Oregon officials address burglaries targeting Asian Americans

A public safety forum drew more than 100 attendees to the Korean Presbyterian Church in Eugene, Oregon, last Thursday, where officials discu...

Rina Sawayama criticizes Sabrina Carpenter performance for mishandling Japanese culture

Japanese British artist Rina Sawayama has accused “Saturday Night Live” of mishandling Japanese cultural symbols in Sabrina Carpenter’s Oct....

Dodgers’ Yamamoto makes World Series history

Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto achieved a feat last seen more than two decades ago on Sunday, throwing his second consecutive postseaso...

Beijing creates new national observance linking Taiwan to China’s wartime victory

China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sov...

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...

Historian races to record fading memories of Japanese Americans at Topaz camp

As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying her efforts to r...

Lighter skin not linked to desirability in Asian American dating, study finds

A speed-dating study by psychologisfound no evidence that lighter skin increases romantic desirability among Asian American singles. The res...

Japan elects its 1st woman prime minister — but will it advance gender equality?

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system 140 years ago, ye...

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 ...