Gina Ortiz Jones

In Texas, Filipino American Gina Ortiz Jones has conceded to her Republican rival after coming up short again in the congressional race. Despite the defeat, Jones vows to continue pursuing a life of public service. Cheryl...

Fil-Am Texas Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones remains unfazed by personal attacks against her in the runup to next week’s polls. The politician, who hopes to become the first openly gay Filipina American in U.S. Congress, insists...

Gina Ortiz Jones, the Fil-Am Democrat who came close to making history in the 2018 midterm election with her bid in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, is at it again. She tells Balitang America that her top...

These are among the American soldiers still fighting in Afghanistan. Their safety more in question now because of recent explosive reports that Russia paid bounties to Afghan fighters to kill them. “I certainly hope that’s not...

WASHINGTON DC — President Trump, in a series of tweets on Sunday, said that “nobody has briefed or told him” about intelligence reports on Russian efforts to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan...

TEXAS — About 650,000 young undocumented immigrants who have been spared from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, have been anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision or keep president Barack Obama’s...

SAN ANTONIO, TX — For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Senate Democrats gathered at the emancipation hall on Capitol Hill on Thursday for a moment of silence, to pay their respects to George Floyd – an...

NEW YORK — “It has been challenging, very challenging.” Small business owner Rechelle Balanzat of Juliette Laundry has worked hard to keep her 24-hour laundry business afloat to ensure that her employees continue to have jobs...

HOUSTON, TX — Fil-Am Gina Ortiz Jones is one step closer to making history — three times over — as the first lesbian, first Filipina American and first Iraq war veteran to represent Texas in Congress....

SAN FRANCISCO —  Fil-Am Democratic congressional candidate, Gina Ortiz Jones, recently made a trip to San Francisco, but not a leisurely tourist trip. Jones was in town to speak to over two dozen Filipinos in a...