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Government
Trump appointee judge’s drag show dissent signals Supreme Court ambitions
Federal Judge James Ho, a Trump appointee, issued a provocative dissent last week criticizing “cultural elites” and linking drag performance...
Editorial Staff
Education
Trump administration revokes over 6,000 student visas
The Trump administration has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for alleged criminal violations and overstays this year, marking a dramat...
Carl Samson
Crime
Trump vows to ‘save’ Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai as trial nears end
President Donald Trump has pledged to advocate for the release of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose national security trial res...
China
Beijing denies Trump’s claim that Xi vowed not to invade Taiwan during his presidency
Beijing rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent claim that Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him there would be no invasion of Taiw...
Ryan General
Trump admin settles immigration cases with dozens of students
The Trump administration has reportedly reached settlement agreements with at least 85 international students, including Dartmouth Ph.D. stu...
Trump claims Xi vowed no Taiwan invasion during his presidency
President Donald Trump claimed during a Fox News interview on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him China would not invade Ta...
Trump extends China deadline as Asian markets reel from tariff blitz
President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on Chinese goods from resuming for another 90 days, extending the deadline until mid-November as ...
California redistricting fight puts Asian American political power at stake
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a special election Nov. 4 seeking voter approval for a new congressional map designed to counter ...
Business
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...
Trump golf resort displaces Vietnamese farmers for as little as $3,200
Local farmers are facing displacement and low compensation to make way for the Trump family-backed golf resort in Vietnam, with one farmer r...
Economy
How Trump’s economic takeover mirrors Beijing’s playbook
President Donald Trump’s second-term push to control American business through state-directed policies has drawn sharp comparisons to China’...
Trump orders universities to disclose admissions data on race
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday requiring higher education institutions to submit expanded admissions data to the Depart...
Asia
Trump’s tariff blitz reshapes Asian trade landscape
President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries Friday, sending U.S. stocks tumbling and establishing rates on nearly...
Trump credited by Cambodian official with brokering ceasefire with Thailand
Lim Menghour, director general of the Commission on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Cambodia’s National Assembly, credited ...
Trump admin unveils plan to end birthright citizenship
The Trump administration has released plans to implement its executive order restricting birthright citizenship even as federal courts block...
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Democrats’ historic unfavourability reflects setbacks with Asian American voters
A staggering 63% of voters now hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll — the highest s...
Trump’s favorability among Asian Americans plummets
President Donald Trump’s favorability rating among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults has dropped sharply since lat...
Trump unveils major Asia trade deals as deadline approaches
President Donald Trump announced new trade agreements with Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia this week as the Trump-imposed August 1 tari...
Americans’ support for Trump deportation plan drops as economy concerns rise: poll
A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that support for former President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program has fallen, with more Americans n...
The world trusts Xi Jinping more than Donald Trump, survey shows
Favorable views of China and confidence in President Xi Jinping have increased in many regions while approval of the U.S. and President Dona...
Philly’s Chinatown Stitch project in jeopardy after ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ guts funding
Philadelphia’s $160 million Chinatown Stitch project faces an uncertain future after President Donald Trump’s recently signed One Big Beauti...
Trump-inspired ‘Japanese First’ party gains ground in Japan
Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump’s politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday’s upper house el...
Trump nominates another Asian American lawyer for appellate bench
President Donald Trump has nominated Eric Tung, a Jones Day partner based in Los Angeles, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ni...
Rep. Ro Khanna leads bipartisan push for full release of Epstein files
Rep. Ro Khanna of California is leading a bipartisan effort to force the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all ...
Kash Patel takes heat as Trump admin battles Epstein files firestorm
FBI Director Kash Patel has found himself under scrutiny after the Trump administration’s abrupt reversal on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein f...
Americans’ views on immigration have dramatically shifted, poll shows
A record 79% of Americans now consider immigration beneficial to the country, reversing from 2024 when 55% wanted immigration reduced, accor...
Civil Rights
Judge shields 150,000 newborns from Trump’s birthright citizenship crackdown
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, us...
China silent amid reports of Trump’s threat to bomb Beijing
China has yet to publicly address reports of leaked audio in which President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Beijing over Taiwan, though sea...
Trump admin to ban Chinese purchases of US farmland
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced its plan to block Chinese and foreign purchases of U.S. farmland over national security concer...
Trump announces new Asian tariffs after failing to secure trade deals by deadline
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he had sent letters to the heads of several Asian countries, informing them of a new ro...
Community
What Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ means for Asian Americans
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump into law on July 4, is a sweeping tax and spending package with sig...
ICE detention funding now 5 times higher than federal prison system budget
Congress has approved a historic $170 billion immigration enforcement package that includes $45 billion to nearly double the nation’s capaci...
Trump admin expands efforts to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship
The Justice Department has issued new guidelines directing attorneys to aggressively pursue stripping citizenship from naturalized Americans...
Trump warns ‘Mr Japan’ of steep tariffs ahead of July 9 deadline
President Donald Trump said he plans to send a letter to “Mr Japan” warning of renewed U.S. tariffs if no trade agreement is reached by July...
Chinese social media rallies behind Elon Musk amid Trump feud
Chinese social media users are casting Elon Musk as a heroic figure amid his escalating feud with President Donald Trump over the administra...
Asian American senators slam Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ after senate passage
Asian American senators condemned President Donald Trump’s tax and spending package Tuesday after it cleared the Senate in a 50-50 vote, wit...
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