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President Trump will travel to the Philippines next month for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit before heading on to China, according to the White House. Trump will participate in the summit in Manila on Nov. 16 before going to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, which will take place from Nov. 17-19, the White House said. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been inviting Trump to visit his country for some time, a US official said. Trump’s last official trip to the Philippines took place in 2017 when he attended the ASEAN summit. Last year,...

President Trump on Thursday said “it’s possible” the Iran war could cost him the November midterm elections by risking Republican control of the House, Senate or both. “Well, it’s possible. It should help,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before heading to a campaign rally in the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. “Because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. So when you say, ‘Is it OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon?’ I would say 100 percent of the people say no, including worldwide. So, when you say it that way, it would help. If you don’t say...

Phil Yu was not surprised that a white gunman killed eight people, six of them Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas advertising their "Asian" or "international" staff. The worst thought he had on Wednesday, the day after the massacre, was just that, he said — he had seen it coming. “Being Asian in this country, no matter how long you’ve been here or how you got here, often feels like a constant negotiation of feeling unwelcome," said Yu, a blogger and commentator in Southern California who posts as Angry Asian Man. Many Asian Americans are bristling with pain and fury, seeing...