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WASHINGTON, DC -Arvind Raman, the engineering scholar nominated to lead the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), told senators that the agency must focus on accelerating American innovation and setting global technology standards as the United States competes

Photo: Wikipedia India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Trump insider and influencer Laura Loomer has once again trained her guns on fellow MAGA and FBI Director Kash Patel on social media following the deadly Texas shooting that killed among others, 21‑year‑old

Photo: Screenshot/abc7ny.com India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined young children and caregivers in South Richmond Hill to celebrate Holi, sharing memories of the spring festival while highlighting a new effort to expand free childcare across the city. The

Photo: X India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - The reassignment of Madhu Gottumukkala, the acting chief of the nation’s premier cyber defense agency, might have been sudden but the demand for it was long pending, according to reports. His was a tenure

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Measles cases are growing at an alarming rate across the United States, placing the nation in a position where it is poised to lose its status as a country where the disease is eliminated. This

WASHINGTON, DC- Republican donor Asha Jadeja Motwani, who attended a two-hour dinner with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on the weekend alongside about 20 Republican donors, described the unfolding military action against Iran as a defining geopolitical moment that she

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Indian Americans express broad dissatisfaction with the Republican Party and President Donald Trump. Roughly seven in ten disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and majorities reject his handling of immigration and the economy. Nearly half fault

WASHINGTON, DC- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani held an unannounced meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, marking a striking encounter between two political opposites who have clashed sharply in recent months. The meeting was not listed on

Photo: trump.com/leadership As the midterm election year starts up, the Brennan Center conducts a periodic roundup of news in the world of money in politics. This installment examines the scale of Trump’s monetizing of the presidency, early signs of big spending

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman J. Luis Correa (D-CA) on February 24 paid tribute on the House floor to family of fellow Democratic Congressman from California, Ami Bera, recognizing what he described as their "multigenerational commitment to service, education, and community"

WASHINGTON DC- President Donald Trump reiterated his claim of having ended eight wars, asserting that the Prime Minister of Pakistan would have died had he not intervened during the recent ‘Operation Sindoor’ launched by India. Giving his State of the Union

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC -Members of Congress will bring survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and family members of a prominent survivor to President Donald Trump’s February 24 State of the Union address, underscoring renewed demands for transparency, justice, and the

WASHINGTON, DC- President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House, and touted his checkered record on criminal justice reform, the economy, and public safety, and to praise Harmeet Kaur Dhillon from the stage. The President began by paying

WASHINGTON, DC -Jay Bhattacharya has been named as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the world’s premier public health agency. Bhattacharya, who now heads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will simultaneously hold the CDC

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, a new portrait of the Indian American community reveals a population increasingly at odds with the current administration’s trajectory. The 2026 Indian American Attitudes Survey (IAAS), conducted by YouGov

WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Ro Khanna, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, criticized President Donald Trump over remarks suggesting he discussed future US arms sales to Taiwan

India-West News Desk ELK GROVE, CA - Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) has said he will not attend this year’s State of the Union address, saying he does not wish to lend legitimacy to President Donald Trump, whom he accuses of undermining constitutional norms and democratic

India-West News Desk ANNAPOLIS, MD -Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller on February 11 welcomed nearly two dozen Buddhist monks to the Maryland State House, marking the final stop of their cross-country “Walk for Peace,” a 2,300-mile journey that began in Fort

Photo: Instagram India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Mayor Zohran Mamdani on February 10 announced a set of senior appointments across key New York City agencies, naming new leaders for technology, disability affairs, and aging services. The appointments are part of the

WASHINGTON, DC-US lawmakers pressed for greater clarity and consistency in President Donald Trump’s second-term policy toward Taiwan during a high-stakes congressional hearing on China’s efforts to marginalize the self-ruled island. At a Select Committee hearing titled “Lies, Lawfare, and Leverage: The

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India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), took to the House floor on February 10 to name six men he said were “likely incriminated” in the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. Khanna said he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reviewed

WASHINGTON, DC-US lawmakers warned of human rights violations and violence against religious minorities, including Hindus, in Bangladesh, urging greater attention to incidents they said have received limited international coverage as the country heads into elections. At a congressional briefing, Rep. Suhas

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY-A coalition of multifaith organizations, including several led by Indian American advocates, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s “Religious Liberty Commission,” alleging it was unlawfully created, improperly balanced, and operated in violation of

India-West News Desk SANTA CLARA, CA - “This is my district and this is a time for elected leaders to be outside with people,” U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna said on February 8, standing on the sidewalk outside Levi’s Stadium as Super

India-West News Desk COLUMBUS, OH - Entrepreneur and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and his wife, Apoorva, have announced the birth of their daughter, Savithri. The couple shared the news on social media on February 4, along with a family photograph

WASHINGTON, DC - Citing the recent India-US trade deal, which he said is “in the final stages of detailing,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on February 5 said there is “strong momentum” in the growing engagement between New Delhi and Washington. Jaishankar made

Photo: YouTube screenshot India-West News Desk DALLAS, TX - A packed hall of Indian Americans, right-wing agitators, many of whom had traveled from outside the city, filled the Frisco City Council chambers on February 3, and turned the meeting into a tense and emotional confrontation. According

India-West News Desk NEW DELHI – As newly released US Justice Department records renew scrutiny of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, industrialist Anil Ambani, and acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair have surfaced in separate parts of

Photo: X India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - The acting head of the nation’s cyber defense agency, Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive government contracting material into a publicly accessible version of ChatGPT last summer, prompting internal security alerts and a subsequent review by

India-West News Desk SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a blistering social media escalation, billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has publicly denounced Elon Musk, accusing the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of shifting his political focus from the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA)

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Leaked audio recordings have exposed internal divisions within the Republican Party and revealed private criticism of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), as uncertainty continues to hang over

India-West News Desk MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Alarm and outrage are spreading across Minnesota after two fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis sparked massive protests and a wave of sharp condemnation from Indian American leaders and candidates, who say federal immigration enforcement has

Photo: Instagram India-West News Desk MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Indian Americans in Minneapolis are quietly coping with fear, disruption and financial strain as an intensified Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence ripples through immigrant dense neighborhoods, touching cultural spaces and small businesses alike. Ananya Dance

WASHINGTON, DC-Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the detention of a five-year-old boy along with his father by US immigration authorities, making him the fourth student to be detained in a suburban Minneapolis school district in recent days,

NEW YORK, NY - A federal judge in New York rejected a bipartisan request by two US congressmen, including Ro Khanna, seeking court supervision of the Justice Department’s compliance with a law mandating the release of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Paul

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – With an eye on slipping poll numbers and voter anxiety ahead of the November midterm elections, President Trump on January 20 signed an executive order barring Wall Street investors from purchasing and owning single-family homes. Politics aside, it

WASHINGTON, DC - After months and days of online speculation and media reports about separation and divorce, their religions, their differences, and why she was spotted without her wedding ring, Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President J.D. Vance, has announced

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - “Why are Americans paying for AI in India? ChatGPT is operating on U.S. soil, using American electricity and servicing large users

Photo: AAPI Equity Alliance India-West Staff Reporter SACRAMENTO, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed civil rights advocate Manjusha P. Kulkarni to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, his office announced on January 16. The role carries no compensation and does

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - “From taking on greedy corporations and bad landlords, to ensuring that the corruption we’ve seen in city government over the last four years never happens again, the Oversight Committee will be a fighter for

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC —Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI), who is seeking reelection, is making news, this time amid a mix of racist backlash and sharp exchanges with conservative media following his push to abolish ICE. Thanedar’s social media profile rose after

Photo:Youtube India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Ajay Banga, the president of the World Bank, has been named to the new governing body envisioned by President Donald Trump to oversee postwar Gaza, as part of a sweeping and complex three tier structure

Photo: Facebook India-West News Desk CHICAGO, IL - Sanjay T. Tailor will break new ground on January 30 when he steps onto the Illinois Supreme Court as the first Indian American justice in the court’s history. His appointment fills the vacancy left

WASHINGTON, DC - Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Nisha Verma pushed back against political framing on abortion on January 13, urging lawmakers to focus on medical science and patient safety rather than ideological disputes. Testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and

Photo: Thanedar Office India-West Staff Reporter DETROIT, MI - Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) condemned President Donald Trump in a statement this week, accusing him of disrespecting a Michigan auto worker and advancing economic policies that have harmed workers and manufacturers, particularly in

Photo: X India-West Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY - City Hall has announced that Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Lekha Sunder as New York’s Deputy Communications Director, tasking her with shaping messaging and coordinating communications strategy across city government. Sunder joined Mamdani’s primary

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Tulsi Gabbard’s absence from the public and strategic spotlight during one of the most dramatic military operations of the year has ignited open speculation. Reports that the Director of National Intelligence was not present for critical

WASHINGTON, DC -A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in south Minneapolis during a federal immigration operation, an incident that drew sharply conflicting accounts from federal authorities and local officials and ignited a political dispute

WASHINGTON, DC-US Senate and House Democrats marked the fifth anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, warning that the threat to American democracy remains real and accusing President Donald Trump and his allies of continuing to distort