‘I will not be silent’: Biden calls for end to hate in White House’s first Lunar New Year celebration

President Joe Biden hosted the White House’s first Lunar New Year reception on Thursday, assuring Asian Americans of his support on the heel...

Elaine Chao fires back at Trump in rare rebuke after another racist attack

Months after Donald Trump attacked her with a racist nickname, Elaine Chao is finally addressing the offensive rhetoric, suggesting that her...

Aruna Miller becomes first Asian American elected statewide in Maryland

Aruna Miller was sworn in as Maryland’s 10th lieutenant governor on Wednesday, becoming the first immigrant and first Asian American to hold...

RNC chair candidate says her Sikh faith is being targeted with ‘bigoted attacks’ by her opponents

Harmeet Dhillon persists in the race for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman despite facing opposition regarding her Sikh faith. ...

Trump wanted to nuke North Korea in 2017 and then blame another country: book

According to an upcoming addition to Michael Schmidt’s 2020 book “Donald Trump v. The United States,” former President Donald Trump consider...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley opposes committee on China because it would ’embolden anti-Asian hate’

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D, MA-7) said she voted against establishing a bipartisan committee that would examine and address the competition bet...

Ex-Trump appointee Robert Hur tapped to investigate Biden classified documents

Robert Hur, the former U.S. Attorney appointed by then-President Donald Trump, has been tapped to look into the recent discovery of classifi...

California city council decides it won’t declare heritage months because they ‘exclude people’

Temecula City Council in California has decided not to declare federally recognized heritage months, including Asian American and Native Haw...

Hoan Huynh, first Vietnamese American elected to state office in Illinois history, is sworn in

Hoan Huynh, the first refugee and first Vietnamese American elected to state office in Illinois history, was sworn in on Wednesday.  Represe...

Coalition launches resume bank for AAPI who want to work in Los Angeles government

Advocates representing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community are urging newly elected officials in Los Angeles to hire mo...

Vietnamese immigrant Thien Ho sworn in as Sacramento County District Attorney in historic first

Thien Ho, a Vietnamese immigrant, was sworn into office as Sacramento County’s 36th district attorney on Tuesday, making him the first perso...

Republican Lester Chang sworn into New York’s Assembly amid residency challenges

Before you read: New York Democrats cite residency issues in push to block Asian Republican elected to state assembly Embattled Republican A...

Elaine Chao discourages media from repeating Trump’s racist insult

Before you read: Trump calls Elaine Chao ‘Coco Chow’ in latest attack on Mitch McConnell Elaine Chao declines to comment on Trump’s ‘Coco Ch...

Netizens criticize British PM Sunak’s conversation with a homeless man

Before you read: Rishi Sunak to become UK’s first British Asian prime minister While volunteering at a soup kitchen on Friday, British Prime...

More than 70 Asian American groups urge Biden to create Black reparations commission

A force of 76 Japanese American and Asian American organizations has demanded President Joe Biden create a reparations commission for Afric...

Embattled Republican Assemblyman-elect insists ‘I’m a Brooklynite’ in hearing challenging residency

GOP Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang insisted that he is a “Brooklynite” in a legislative hearing in Albany, New York, on Wednesday. Chang, ...

Elaine Chao declines to comment on Trump’s ‘Coco Chow’ attack

Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has refused to talk about former President Donald Trump’s “Coco Chow” attack, according to repo...

Chaos in Malaysia parliament after opposition leader quotes report on ‘first homosexual PM’

Chaos ignited during the new Unity Government’s first parliamentary session on Monday after Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin re...

Arkansas’s secretary of state posts prank call of 2 Chinese restaurants to his Facebook

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston shared a video of a prank call involving two Chinese restaurants on his personal Facebook page las...

Amourence Lee becomes San Mateo’s first Asian American, Jewish woman mayor

Before you read: California city councilmembers block first Asian American woman mayor Amourence Lee is now the first Jewish and Asian Ameri...

California city councilmembers block first Asian American woman mayor

The election for the next San Mateo City mayor reached a deadlock after Democratic councilmembers Lisa Diaz Nash and Robert Newsom blocked ...

New York Democrats cite residency issues in push to block Asian Republican elected to state assembly

Lester Chang, a Republican elected to represent District 49 in New York’s State Assembly, is facing contention over alleged residency issue...

8 in 10 Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action believe it’s racist, survey reveals

Nearly half (49%) of Asian Americans oppose affirmative action, according to a new survey by higher education resource Intelligent.com. Of...

Rep. Ted Lieu to become highest-ranking Asian American in House Democratic leadership history

Rep. Ted Lieu (D, CA-33) was elected vice chairman in House Democratic Leadership, the fifth highest position in the party, on Wednesday, b...

Georgia Senate runoff campaign releases ads in Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese

In Georgia’s Dec. 6 Senate runoff, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Republican Herschel Walker are targeting Asian American and P...

South Dakota bans TikTok among state employees, contractors over ties to Chinese government

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed Executive 2022-10 on Thursday, which bans state agencies, employees and contractors from using TikTok ...

Georgia announces its first AAPI caucus ahead of historic 2023

Georgia lawmakers on Monday announced the formal creation of the state’s first-ever bipartisan Georgia Legislative Asian American Pacific I...

Senate passes bill to support Native Hawaiian survivors of sexual violence

The Senate has passed legislation that grants Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence access to resources provided by Congress t...

Sheng Thao makes history as first Hmong American mayor of Oakland

Oakland City Council member Sheng Thao has declared victory in Oakland’s mayoral race, making history as the first Hmong American woman to ...

Mitch McConnell votes against interracial marriages bill despite being in interracial marriage

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which includes the protection of interracial marriages, ...

Kenneth Mejia makes history as first Asian American elected to citywide office in LA

Kenneth Mejia, a 32-year-old accountant and leftist community activist, made history as the first Filipino American Los Angeles city contro...

Michelle Steel emerges victorious in race riddled with claims of red-baiting, anti-Asian racism

U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R, CA-45) will remain congresswoman of California’s 45th District after winning the race against Democrat Jay Che...

Trump takes swipe at Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin with Chinese-sounding name

On Friday morning, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to mock Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, writing that his surname “sound...

DNC adviser: Lauren Boebert election loss would be ‘gain for OnlyFans’

Democratic Party adviser Kurt Bardella landed in hot water for implying during an MSNBC interview that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R, CO-3) might ...

British MP pressed for apology over ‘little man in China’ comment on live TV

More than 80 Chinese groups are demanding a public apology from U.K. Member of Parliament Mark Spencer over a “deliberately prejudiced” com...

Texas voters elect Muslim lawmakers in historic first

On Nov. 8, Democrats Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani became the first Muslim lawmakers to be elected to the Texas House.  Bhojani defeat...