Zohran Mamdani poised to become NYC’s next mayor

New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is set to make history as the first Indian American and first Muslim mayor of New York City, defeating f...

Lawsuit alleges United Airlines kicked off wrong Asian woman after flight delay

An Asian woman is suing United Airlines, claiming she was wrongfully removed from a flight after being mistaken for another Asian passenger ...

COVID-19 coverage spurred rise in anti-Asian hate, especially among Trump supporters: study

A recent study published in American Politics Research finds a clear link between COVID-19 news coverage and declining favorability toward A...

VinFast opens 1st California dealership after dropping direct sales model

VinFast has opened its first California dealership in San Diego, expanding its retail presence in the U.S. after ending its direct-to-consum...

How Celine Song’s matchmaking job inspired her new film ‘Materialists’

Long before directing the A24 romantic comedy “Materialists,” Celine Song worked as a professional matchmaker in New York City. That experie...

Quarter of Americans now view the U.S. as a dictatorship: poll

A new poll shows that 24% of Americans believe the U.S. has become a dictatorship, marking a significant increase since President Donald Tru...

Trump admin orders social media checks for foreign students seeking visas

The State Department is requiring all foreign nationals seeking student and exchange visas to make their social media accounts public for go...

Visitors to WWII Japanese American incarceration sites urged to report ‘negative’ US history narratives

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has criticized signs installed at former World War II incarceration camps that ask visitors to ...

Orange County Viet Americans challenge Rep. Derek Tran over his response to ICE raids

Vietnamese American activists in Orange County’s Little Saigon are demanding Rep. Derek Tran take bolder action against federal immigration ...

Filipino American New Hampshire state rep told to ‘go home’ by colleague

New Hampshire State Rep. Luz Bay says a Republican lawmaker told her to “go home” after she spoke in honor of Philippine Independence Day at...

Jaylin Williams is the NBA’s 1st Vietnamese American champion

Jaylin Williams became the first Vietnamese American NBA champion on Sunday evening when the Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a 4–3 Finals vic...

Trump admin eyes travel ban for 36 more countries

The Trump administration is reportedly mulling potential entry restrictions affecting citizens from 36 new countries, substantially broadeni...

BTS’ Jungkook apologizes for wearing ‘Make Tokyo Great Again’ hat

BTS member Jungkook publicly apologized early Saturday (local time) following public backlash over his choice to wear a hat with a political...

Densho calls for greater education after Wyoming lawmaker’s use of anti-Japanese slur

Densho, a nonprofit organization that documents testimonies of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, emphasized the critical ...

Community rallies around family of Samoan designer killed in ‘No Kings’ protest

An outpouring of community support has emerged for the family of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old Samoan fashion designer and former “P...

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 ...

Air India 787 crash likely due to dual engine failure: investigators

A rare dual engine failure during initial climb is the leading theory behind the crash of Air India Flight AI171, investigators said, as the...

Young Asian American adults strongly reject student deportations, college funding cuts: poll

A majority of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults oppose federal efforts to defund colleges with diversity, e...

Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang heads to Meta as part of $14 billion deal

Alexandr Wang, co-founder and CEO of Scale AI, told employees Thursday he is stepping down to join Meta Platforms, confirming his exit just ...

Amy Wang shares update on ‘Crazy Rich Asians 2’

Screenwriter Amy Wang says the long-awaited sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians” is still in the works, but fans will need to be patient. Speaking ...

Timbaland debuts an AI-generated ‘Asian’ pop singer

A virtual singer depicted as a young Asian woman named TaTa was unveiled on June 5 as the first act from Stage Zero, an AI-focused entertain...

Asian American officials blast Senator Padilla’s forced removal from DHS briefing

Asian American lawmakers have expressed outrage over the detention and handcuffing of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) during a news confer...

Minnesota Hmong American lawmaker responds to backlash over her immigration story

Minnesota State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, one of the nation’s few Hmong American lawmakers, clarified on Monday that she and her...

GOP congresswoman draws bipartisan rebuke over anti-Sikh remarks

Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) drew widespread criticism earlier this month after claiming that it was inappropriate for a Sikh religious leader ...

ICE deports more than 100 Chinese nationals in major op

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), led by its Dallas office, deported 122 Chinese nationals earlier this month as part of a...

How ILRC’s ‘Red Cards’ can help protect immigrants during ICE encounters

As immigration enforcement actions grow under the Trump administration, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s “Red Cards” remain a practical...

Indian American professor sues UCSF over firing linked to Gaza posts

An academic physician at UC San Francisco has sued the university, claiming free speech violations after she was fired over social media pos...

BTS close to reuniting as 6 members finish military service

BTS moves closer to a complete reunion following Wednesday’s discharge of Jimin and Jungkook from the military, with just one remaining memb...

Air India Boeing 787 crash leaves hundreds dead, 1 survivor

An Air India Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner, Flight AI171, en route to London Gatwick, crashed into the B.J. Medical College hostel in Ahmedabad sh...

3rd Chinese researcher arrested for smuggling biomaterials to University of Michigan lab

Chengxuan Han, a doctoral student from Wuhan’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was arrested June 8 at Detroit Metropolitan Ai...

Trump claims ‘done deal’ with China … but is it, really?

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a U.S.-China trade deal is “done” after two days of high-stakes negotiations in London, but ...

San Antonio elects its 1st Asian American woman, openly gay mayor

Gina Ortiz Jones defeated Rolando Pablos to become the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, making history as the city’s first Asian American woman,...

China, Philippines issue safety advisories for citizens amid LA protests

China and the Philippines have issued safety advisories via their Los Angeles consulates, warning their citizens to remain alert amid demons...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health released a rare internal protest letter known as the “Bethesda Declaration” on Monday to pub...

Ex-DOGE engineer says federal abuse was ‘relatively nonexistent’

Software developer Sahil Lavingia, who worked briefly for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claims that abuse within the feder...

Kash Patel’s jail threat to ICE protesters draws accusations of hypocrisy

FBI Director Kash Patel has faced backlash over his jail threat to anti-ICE protesters, with critics accusing the administration of applying...