Buried in the omnibus spending bill signed into law last week are provisions to give each of the 53 Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 or their estates up to $4.4 million.
Russia has asserted itself on the world stage with a forcefulness not seen since the Cold War, increasing tensions with the West. Here is what it has been doing to reclaim its influence.
Jeb Bush and Gov. Chris Christie, lagging in polls, have been telling the first-in-nation voters of their enormous responsibility to pick a candidate not named Donald J. Trump.