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· Carl Samson
Interview: Senate urged to reject DHS funding after Minnesota killings
With a Friday deadline looming for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, AAPI advocates are pressing lawmakers to withhold billions from immigration enforcement. In an exclusive interview with The Rebel Yellow, Christina Baal-Owens, executive director of the National…
· Editorial Staff
Trump’s attack on the Obamas is an attack on Asian Americans
Donald Trump’s video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes goes beyond an assault on one Black couple. The Truth Social post, which promoted false claims about the 2020 election, was deleted after about 12 hours of backlash last week. But the president, whose…
· Ryan General
Trump invites Philippine president, son of late dictator, to ‘Board of Peace’
The Philippine government is reviewing whether to participate in the so-called Board of Peace following a reported personal invitation from President Donald Trump to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the son of the late Philippine dictator whose family ruled the country for two…
· Editorial Staff
Usha Vance pregnant with 4th child
Vice President JD Vance and wife Usha Vance are expecting a new baby, making Usha the first pregnant second lady while her husband’s harsh immigration stance continues to draw accusations of hypocrisy. Big announcement: Usha, 40, is pregnant with a boy due in late July, the…
· Carl Samson
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, leaving families across the country struggling to afford groceries as they waited in growing food pantry lines. Catch up: November payments for…
· Ryan General
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 interview aired Saturday. Speaking from Los Angeles while promoting her new memoir “107 Days,” Harris reflected on her brief 2024 campaign and…
· Ryan General
Steven Cheung: Nobel Committee chose ‘politics over peace’ with Trump snub
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “politics over peace” early Friday after it awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. The committee said Machado was honored for her…
· Carl Samson
Asian American lawmakers spar over blame as shutdown enters 2nd week
Lawmakers showed little progress over the weekend toward ending the government shutdown that began last Wednesday. Catch up: The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 after funding expired amid disputes over health care subsidies. While Democrats want Congress to…
· Editorial Staff
ICE poised to deploy Israeli spyware amid immigration crackdown
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reactivated a $2 million contract with Israeli spyware company Paragon, giving the agency access to sophisticated phone-hacking technology as concerns mount over expanded surveillance powers amid the Trump administration’s…
· Carl Samson
Former Japanese American WWII camps fuel resistance to Trump’s historical censorship
Advocates and community members rallied at Manzanar and other locations nationwide in the past weeks, opposing Trump administration policies they say threaten to obscure difficult chapters of American history. “Day of Action”: Demonstrators showed up at national parks and other…
· Ryan General
Trump’s Nvidia China deal raises security concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 11 approved an arrangement that lets Nvidia resume selling certain AI chips in China in exchange for the U.S. government taking 15% of revenue from those sales. The decision drew swift bipartisan criticism and questions about national…
· Editorial Staff
ICE increasingly targeting non-criminals as deportation campaign intensifies
More than half of immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months have no criminal convictions, suggesting a significant shift from the Trump administration’s stated focus on targeting “the worst of the worst.” By the numbers The Department of…
· Carl Samson
Trump orders ICE to increase deportations in Democratic cities
President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration officials to focus deportation efforts on Democratic-controlled cities, intensifying his mass deportation push as nationwide protests challenge his immigration crackdown. Catch up Trump’s directive builds pressure on his…
· Carl Samson
ICE officials ousted amid White House order to triple number of daily arrests
Two senior ICE officials are being removed from their positions amid White House pressure for dramatically higher arrest numbers of undocumented migrants. Pressure to arrest
· Ryan General
DOGE member Ethan Shaotran admits Harvard alma mater ‘hates me’
Ethan Shaotran, a 22-year-old former Harvard student, said he has been ostracized by classmates after dropping out to join a federal reform team led by Elon Musk under the Trump administration. “I dropped out of Harvard and came here to serve my country and it’s been unfortunate…
· Ryan General
Deputy national security adviser Alex Wong ousted amid MAGA pressure campaign
Alex Wong, the principal deputy national security adviser under Mike Waltz, was removed from his post on May 1 amid the fallout from the “Signalgate” scandal, which exposed sensitive military plans through an unsecured messaging app. His exit comes alongside the removal of…
· Carl Samson
Beijing amplifies patriotic messaging in propaganda war with US over tariffs
Beijing is stoking nationalist sentiment via a sophisticated propaganda campaign, framing the economic confrontation as a prolonged ideological battle with the U.S. Chinese leaders have taken to state media and online platforms to blame Washington for China’s economic woes while…
· Carl Samson
Trump picks Indian American COVID lockdown critic as next NIH director
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian American Stanford University professor and vocal critic of COVID-19 lockdowns, as the next director of the National Institutes of Health. Driving the news: Trump believes Bhattacharya and Robert F.…
· Bryan Ke
George Takei vows to keep fighting after Trump win, says he’s seen ‘much worse
George Takei is standing his ground for democracy. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Takei, 87, described himself as an “old warrior” who will continue to fight, despite many others already throwing in the towel. “A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a…
· Bryan Ke
RFK Jr. pushes conspiracy theory that COVID spared Chinese and Jews in resurfaced videos
Newly resurfaced videos of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supporting the COVID-19 “plandemic” conspiracy theory are alarming health experts. Catch up: President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, as the new Department of Health and Human…