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A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.

An “incredibly rare” purple-pink Russian diamond was auctioned this week for more than $26 million, a record for a gem of its kind. Sotheby’s said it sold the massive 14.8-carat

Joe Biden's victory is further contested by Donald Trump.

These agents "are accused of carrying out the most destructive and disturbing series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group"

No charges should be brought against Barack Obama or his administration after the investigation into the espionage accusations made by Donald Trump.

Former FBI director James Comey has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30 regarding “Crossfire Hurricane,” the counterintelligence investigation into whether President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) announced Wednesday. “The day of reckoning is upon us when it comes to Crossfire …

The U.S. commander of troops in Afghanistan said that American intelligence officials have not been able to confirm the existence of a Russian bounty program offering Taliban militants rewards for targeting U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me,” General Frank McKenzie, commander of the …

Nora Dannehy, a top federal prosecutor working with U.S. Attorney John Durham on his investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Russia probe, resigned from the Justice Department on Thursday, partially over concern that Attorney General William Barr is pressuring investigators to conclude their work prematurely for political purposes. Dannehy, a career prosecutor who has worked …

More than two dozen phones belonging to members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team were wiped clean of data before the Justice Department’s inspector general could comb them for records, the DOJ said in records released Thursday. At least 27 cell phones were wiped of data before the DOJ inspector general could review them, some …

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, according to a statement released Monday by the German hospital where he is being treated. Berlin’s Charité hospital said that Navalny was suffering from “intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors,” contradicting Russian doctors who said there was no evidence he had been poisoned. While …