FBI Director Kash Patel, one of the Trump administration’s highest-ranking Asian American officials, dismissed three high-ranking FBI officials Thursday, including former Acting Director Brian Driscoll, who had rejected administration requests to identify agents involved in Jan. 6 investigations.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday requiring higher education institutions to submit expanded admissions data to the Department of Education, aimed at detecting continued use of racial preferences after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision against affirmative action.

An American Eagle ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney drew criticism in July for its tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” a pun on “jeans” and “genes.” While meant as humor, the campaign’s use of genetic language revived memories of when pseudoscience about inherited traits was used to justify systemic discrimination. For Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, that history includes immigration bans, property restrictions, propaganda and forced sterilization.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani achieved two major milestones in the same week, adding to one of the most productive seasons of his career.

China’s government declared this week that it has “indisputable” authority over the selection of the next Dalai Lama, directly challenging the current spiritual leader’s authority and setting up a major succession dispute.

A wave of racist violence against Indians in Ireland has prompted a safety advisory from the Indian Embassy and left community members fearing for their safety.

On July 25, federal authorities raided a home in Tujunga, Los Angeles, connected to Robert Shinn, the pastor and talent manager at the center of Netflix’s 2024 documentary “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult.”

A mural honoring Japanese American history in Nihonmachi Alley of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District was vandalized with spray paint last weekend, marking the second attack on the artwork this year.

In recent months, the Trump administration has devised an immigration enforcement strategy in which government attorneys seek case dismissals in immigration court, only for ICE agents to arrest migrants immediately at the courthouse to place them in expedited removal proceedings.

Air New Zealand is facing a wave of racist backlash following its announcement that Nikhil Ravishankar, a New Zealander of Indian descent, will become the airline’s new chief executive officer starting Oct. 20.