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Democrats have figured out their candidate, but they haven't yet figured out convention logistics
The first night of the Democratic convention whispered of chaos as attendees waited for hours to ge…
Alice Tecotzky
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House passes bill to counter anti-Asian hate crimes, sending it to Biden's desk for his signature
"Congress has the Asian American community's back," Rep. Grace Meng, who led the bill, said on Tues…
Oma Seddiq
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Less than 1% of US elected leaders are Asian American, despite making up more than 6% of the US population
The statistic was included in a report by the Reflective Democracy Campaign, which investigates div…
Lauren Frias
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5 key moments from Congress' hearing about anti-Asian violence in the wake of the Atlanta shootings
A Republican invoked a saying glorifying lynchings, Democrats zeroed in on Trump, and witnesses dis…
Sonam Sheth,Oma Seddiq
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Rep. Grace Meng accuses Trump and Republicans of 'putting a bull's-eye on the back of Asian Americans across this country'
Meng grew emotional as she criticized Republicans' rhetoric about COVID-19 amid a sharp rise in ant…
Sonam Sheth
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Andrew Yang says defeating Trump could be 'the major political awakening that Asian Americans have been waiting for'
Yang rallied Asian Americans to support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and match the political engage…
Inyoung Choi
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Democratic Rep. Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, blasts a Texas GOP congressman after he questioned her loyalty to the US: 'It is racist'
"If she doesn't realize what's going on then she's totally out of touch with one of her core consti…
John L. Dorman
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Florida Reps. Al Lawson and Frederica Wilson have shown up to vote in person less than 7% of the time since proxy voting began
Insider identified several other lawmakers who have mostly voted remotely in the last two years, an…
Bryan Metzger,Walt Hickey
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Biden signs a bill to curb the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, calling hate in the US an 'ugly poison'
"Hate can be given no safe harbor in America," Biden said as he signed legislation to address a spi…
Oma Seddiq
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Senate overwhelmingly votes to advance bill on anti-Asian hate crimes in a rare bipartisan move
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's cooperation as a "ve…
Oma Seddiq
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10 Things in Politics: Matt Gaetz classmates dish on his past
And Biden announces the end of America's longest war.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump and Biden's anti-China foreign policy is fueling violence against Asian-Americans
US policymakers need to acknowledge that over-the-top language about China fuels fear and anxiety t…
Jessica J. Lee, Responsible S…
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Trump's first tweet about a 'Chinese virus' caused an increase of anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter, study finds
The study comes after a massive increase in attacks on Asians in the US during the coronavirus pand…
Bill Bostock
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Republican Rep. Chip Roy complains about China at a hearing about anti-Asian violence in the wake of the Atlanta shootings
Roy employed whataboutism - a Soviet-era propaganda tactic - to go on a tirade against China amid a…
Sonam Sheth
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Republican lawmaker invokes a saying glorifying lynchings at congressional hearing about racist violence
"There's old sayings in Texas about find all the rope in Texas and get a tall oak tree," Rep. Chip …
Sonam Sheth,Eliza Relman
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10 Things in Politics: AOC's road ahead
And Biden and Harris head to Georgia.
Brent D. Griffiths
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AOC, Chuck Schumer, and 11 other NY lawmakers call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation amid 'alarming' sexual misconduct allegations
Progressives like AOC and Jamaal Bowman joined establishment figures like Chuck Schumer and Jerry N…
Sonam Sheth
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San Francisco could become the first major US city to grant voting rights to teens aged 16 and 17
This November, San Francisco voters will determine if teens aged 16 and 17 will be able to cast bal…
John L. Dorman
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Trump broadly claims Chinese-Americans are 'VERY angry' with China, but some Asian-Americans lawmakers say 'we are very angry at you'
One Asian-American lawmaker replied to Trump: "You use racism to disguise your lack of responsivene…
David Choi
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US House passes National Asian American and Pacific Islander museum bill
The bill would establish an eight-person commission of individuals well versed in Asian American hi…