Monterey Park hero awarded medal of courage, invited to Biden’s State of Union

The man hailed as a hero for disarming the Monterey Park mass shooting suspect was awarded a medal of courage and invited to attend Presiden...

‘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...

Japan PM aide apologizes for ‘shameful’ act of having hands in pockets on US trip

A Japanese official has apologized after being filmed with his hands in his pockets during an official trip to Washington, D.C. Deputy Chief...

New State Department program lets private citizens directly sponsor refugees in US

A newly launched refugee sponsor program from the U.S. State Department will allow Americans to sponsor and assist refugees entering the Uni...

Biden-Harris administration releases first-ever national strategy to advance equity and justice for AANHPI communities

Before you read: Biden Signs Initiative Calling for ‘Equity and Justice’ for AANHPI Community The White House Initiative on Asian Americans,...

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...

House bans TikTok on government devices over ‘security risks’

Before you read: WeChat Group and TikTok Are Suing the Trump Administration Over App Bans South Dakota bans TikTok among state employees, co...

‘Rashi Sanook’: Biden botches name of UK’s new prime minister at Diwali celebration

President Joe Biden has come under fire on social media for mispronouncing the name of the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak...

‘We support, honor and thank you’: Biden shares gratitude to Fil-Am community for Filipino American History Month

President Joe Biden and the first lady recognized the contributions and heritage of Filipino Americans in celebration of Filipino American ...

‘There remains much work to do’: Biden’s Advisory Commission on AANHPI releases inaugural report

U.S. President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) released its inaugural r...

‘The pandemic is over’: Dr. Leana Wen voices agreement with Biden in Washington Post op-ed

Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician at George Washington University, agreed with President Joe Biden’s comment that “The pandemic is over...

President Biden shows determination to defend Taiwan in new ‘60 Minutes’ interview

In a “60 Minutes” interview, President Joe Biden was asked whether U.S. Forces would defend Taiwan, to which Biden answered with an unfalt...

‘Hate has no place in America’: Biden meets hate crime survivors at White House summit

President Joe Biden met several hate crime survivors and the relatives of mass shooting victims during the United We Stand Summit at the Wh...

Biden signs order to block Chinese investment in US tech

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that strengthens a regulatory committee’s powers to oversee foreign investments in t...

Poll reveals significant majority of AAPI support Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

The Global Strategy Group conducted public opinion surveys with a sample of 1,000 registered voters from Aug. 26 to Aug. 31. According to ...

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters says ‘Taiwan is part of China,’ dismisses abuse of Uyghurs as ‘nonsense’ in interview

During a recent interview, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters doubled down on calling U.S. President Joe Biden a “war criminal” and defende...

Survey: Asian American approval of Biden plummets despite White House efforts

President Biden’s approval rating among Asian Americans have witnessed a major drop, plummeting from 72% to 44% in the past year. In a pol...

President Biden given honorary Korean name as part of Korean War commemoration

President Joe Biden was given the honorary Korean name of “Bae Ji-sung” on Monday during a weeklong event marking the 69th anniversary of t...

Biden awards Medal of Honor to previously overlooked Vietnam War vets, including two Asian Americans

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor to a group of Vietnam War veterans, including two Asian Americans, w...

Biden signs national Asian Pacific American museum commission bill

President Joe Biden officially signed the “Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American Histor...

Netizens react to President Biden posing with a finger heart for Oval Office photo with BTS

A photo of the K-pop group BTS doing ‘finger hearts’ with President Biden at the White House has netizens falling for their favorite group ...

BTS to meet President Biden at White House to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes

BTS will meet with President Biden at the White House on Tuesday, May 31, to talk about Asian inclusion, representation and the surge in an...

Biden nominates Judge Florence Pan for appellate court seat vacated by Ketanji Brown Jackson

President Joe Biden nominated D.C. District Court Judge Florence Y. Pan to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. If co...

President Joe Biden ‘covers’ BTS’ song ‘Butter’ on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’

The “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” spliced together clips of Joe Biden to create a cover of BTS’ English track “Butter.” It was shown du...

Calling all allies: Here’s what happened on Biden’s mission-driven tour of Asia

In a news conference held on Monday in Tokyo, President Biden gave an unequivocal “yes,” when asked if the U.S. would get involved militari...

President Biden touts community funding, COVID Hate Crimes Act signing in AANHPI Heritage Month proclamation

President Biden released the White House’s annual proclamation on Asian American, and now Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) He...

New book reveals Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s fiery response to Biden’s concerns about her as possible VP pick

A new book titled “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” by New York Times political writers Jonathan Mart...

President Biden signs bill designating former Japanese incarceration camp in Colorado as historic site

President Biden signed a bill on Friday designating a former World War II Japanese incarceration camp as a national historic site in Colora...

President Biden, AAPI legislators commemorate 1-year anniversary of deadly Atlanta spa shootings

President Joe Biden commemorated the first anniversary of the Georgia mass shooting on Wednesday, saying that the victims’ murders “undersc...

Biden press secretary attributes anti-Asian hate crime spike to ‘hateful rhetoric’ about COVID-19 origins

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed “hateful rhetoric” about COVID-19’s origins for the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. A reporte...

Biden admin asks SCOTUS to reject case that says Harvard admissions discriminatory toward Asian students

Biden administration U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar backed Harvard’s race-conscious admissions process in a brief filed to the...

For 85 minutes, Kamala Harris was the only woman, Asian American in US history to hold presidential power

Vice President Kamala Harris made history once again by becoming the first woman and Asian American to gain presidential power after Preside...

Meet 104-year-old Chen Ping Ching, the last living member of WWII’s legendary ‘Flying Tigers’ squadron

On Aug. 15, Japan entered the 76th year since its defeat in World War II. Addressing a crowd of less than 200 people — the smallest audience...

Tsai Ing-wen is the first Taiwan president in decades to confirm US military training on the island

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed the presence of U.S. military trainers on the island during a CNN broadcast on Tuesday. Taiwan’s inc...

China says there is ‘no room to compromise’ on Taiwan in response to Biden’s vow to defend it from attack

The Chinese government has responded to President Biden’s recent pronouncements that the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China attempted to atta...

Biden issues first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

On Friday, Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to proclaim Oct. 11 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a move that will further recenter...