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Korean American Day celebrated in Washington
Yonhap News Agency WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Korean Americans from various walks of life and their supporters gathered in Washington on Thursday to celebrate Korean American Day in what has...
AI’s Impact on Finance Spurs Bipartisan House Working Group
Bloomberg Law Bipartisan working group will study new products, fraud tools Working group to follow work undertaken in prior Congress House lawmakers announced a new bipartisan working group to...
Governor Newsom and the Navy need to step up and help out Tustin, now
The Orange County Register Two months ago, you might remember, one of Tustin’s historic World War II-era hangars caught fire. The loss of a historic hangar was bad enough, but since then, the city...
Here’s how Taiwan’s election could upend US-China relations
POLITICO Taiwan goes to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election that will determine how it navigates its increasingly volatile relationship with Beijing. And Washington is caught in the...
LA public defender among 10 jailed Americans released from Venezuela in prisoner exchange
ABC 7 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles County public defender is among 10 jailed Americans who have been released from custody in Venezuela in a prisoner exchange that freed a close ally of...
LA County public defender among those released from prison in Venezuela is a South Bay native
OC Register LOS ANGELES — Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles County public defender and South Bay native who had been imprisoned in Venezuela since March 2022, was on his way back to the United...
LACo Public Defender Among Venezuelan Detainees Released in Prisoner Swap
MyNewsLA Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles County public defender who had been imprisoned in Venezuela since March 2022, returned to the United States Wednesday as part of a sweeping prisoner exchange...
Uyghur News Recap: Dec. 8–15, 2023
Voice of America WASHINGTON — US Restricts Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms Amid Forced Labor Allegations The United States has imposed import restrictions on three additional Chinese...
What to know about Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
The Washington Post Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai will on Monday appear in court for a long-awaited trial that is emblematic of Beijing’s efforts to silence critics after the pro-democracy...
House passes GOP-supported bills to combat substance use disorders
The Ripon Advance The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill supported by U.S. Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and David Valadao (R-CA) that would reauthorize community-based...
Kevin McCarthy Bids Farewell on His Last Day of Session in House: ‘I Would Do It All Again’
Breitbart News Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) bid farewell to his constituents and colleagues in the House of Representatives on Thursday, his last day in session as a member. McCarthy...
The Hill’s Changemakers: Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.)
The Hill Second-term Rep. Young Kim (Calif.) immediately stands out in the House for being one of only two Republican Korean women. But beyond those identifiers, Kim has become known for...
Who Read What in 2023: Political Voices and Policy Makers
The Wall Street Journal Young Kim Early this year, I met and had a delightful, engaging conversation with Kevin Rudd, the Australian ambassador to the U.S. I was intrigued by his wealth of...
Democratic divisions deepen over Hamas sexual violence response
The Hill Tensions are rising within the Democratic Party around how to best condemn Hamas for sexual violence in its war with Israel, an escalating battle prompting fury from the White House to...
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 41
Hong Kong Free Press In the 41st month since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, criminalising secession, subversion, collusion with foreign forces and terrorism, debate arose over...
UN account hit for explicitly condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel eight weeks later: ‘Took you long enough’
Fox News The official UN Women X account took serious heat this week after explicitly condemning the Hamas massacre in Israel for the first time, nearly two months after the attack happened. The...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
Orange County Register About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...
Uproar Mounts Over UN Women’s Failure To Single Out Hamas for Its Sexual Crimes Against Israeli Civilians
New York Sun The United Nations body dedicated to “gender equality,” UN Women, appears to be faltering in its role as the “global champion for gender equality” for failing to specifically condemn...
No Hidden FEES Act Aims To Stop Misleading Advertised Pricing Practices
TravelPulse New proposed legislation, called the ‘No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays (No Hidden FEES) Act of 2023’ (H.R 6543), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today...
Led by Rep. Young Kim, House members ask UN Women to condemn Hamas’ violence against women
LA Daily News About 90 House lawmakers are pressing the United Nations Women, which works for gender equity, to publicly condemn Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and brutality against...