by Ezra Kaplan | Aug 25, 2015 | National Security
Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the United States Pacific Command, arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday for a three-day visit that highlights broad changes to the Southeast Asian nation’s military strategy. The Philippines has lately welcomed the militaries...
by Jin Wu | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
In 2013, the federal government spent about $65 billion on prescription drugs covered by Medicare’s Part D program; and more than half of them were for branded drugs, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The addition of prescription-drug...
by Yimian Wu | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
Over the past decade, the rapid economic growth, growing wealth, and skyrocketing real estate prices in China have prompted Chinese investors to shop for real estate abroad. Large companies from China bought prime office buildings and luxury residential buildings in...
by Taylor Hall | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
In the fall of 2011, the Obama administration unveiled its “Pivot to Asia” – a strategic “re-balancing” of U.S. interests from Europe and the Middle East toward East Asia. The pivot meant the United States would expand and intensify its already significant...
by Mallory Hughes | Aug 25, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum isn’t just the latest 2016 Republican presidential candidate to call for ending birthright citizenship, joining Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Scott Walker — he wants credit for being the...
by Kira Boyd | Aug 24, 2015 | Entertainment
The Goethe Institut in Washington hosted an art exhibition of German artist Justine Otto’s work. Otto won the Phillips Collection Emerging Artist Prize in 2014. The exhibition, which is titled Hyder Flares, is a collection of abstract figurative portraits.
