The International Community Health Services Foundation raised more than $275,000 for its Uncompensated Care Fund at its annual Health Care for All Benefit and Lunar New Year Luncheon on Feb. 26, setting a record for both attendance and funds raised.
- New report: ICE arrests of AAPIs are four times higher under Trump
- As health insurance subsidies expire, many forgo coverage
- Asian-owned small businesses face a harder reality after COVID
- What to know about the latest US-Israeli attacks on Iran
- Whidbey Island teen wows attendees of the Bruce Lee USPS stamp unveiling ceremony
- Finding culture and community at Seattle Rise Collective’s Lunar New Year Festival
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Washington lawmakers rebuke Trump’s Iran strikes, demand Congressional vote
Washington state’s congressional delegation reacted swiftly after President Donald Trump ordered military strikes on Iran, with Democrats condemning the action as unconstitutional and calling for Congress to reassert its war powers.

“Roads have become a hunting ground”: Protestors demand WA Department of Licensing, Gov. Ferguson stop federal immigration agencies from accessing state license data
As federal agencies continue to besiege immigrant communities across the country, community organizers gathered in front of the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) office in Tukwila on Thursday to protest the agency repeatedly breaking state law by allowing federal immigration agencies to access driver data.

Asian Americans push back against “divisive” rhetoric in Trump’s State of the Union
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng, a Democratic representative from New York, and several Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) organization heads issued statements following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., last night.

Democratic senators, WA Sec. of State Hobbs speak out against Trump ahead of State of the Union address
Several Democratic senators and their guests, including Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, spoke out against President Donald Trump’s policies and Republicans’ pending legislative actions in advance of Trump’s State of the Union address at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs
The United States Supreme Court today ruled that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal.
Community
Dr. Rangsook Yoon to join Frye
Mary Nam leaving Channel 4
Hyeok Kim joins King County leadership team
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue opens first Bonney Lake location
Fundraiser in Seattle’s CID supports Kang’s council bid
King County Council passes emergency ban on ICE detention centers
Bill would replace ‘alien’ with ‘noncitizen’ in Washington law
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