• Stocks rally on possible truce to end Saudi-Russia oil price war

    Stocks rally on possible truce to end Saudi-Russia oil price war

    Stocks rallied Thursday as rising oil prices overcame Wall Street’s worries about the coronavirus gutting the US labor market. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 534.26 points, or 2.5 percent, on hopes of a detente in the oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The blue-chip index reversed the early losses it …
  • Durham Probe Expected to Conclude in Summer, May Be Delayed by Coronavirus Outbreak

    Durham Probe Expected to Conclude in Summer, May Be Delayed by Coronavirus Outbreak

    U.S. Attorney John Durham (United States Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut/Wikimedia) U.S. Attorney John Durham, the head of a criminal probe into the origins of the Russiagate investigation, is expected to wrap up his investigation by the end of the summer. Durham’s work could wrap up anywhere from July to September, and could be slowed …
  • Justice Department Drops Criminal Trial against Russian Firms Indicted by Mueller

    Justice Department Drops Criminal Trial against Russian Firms Indicted by Mueller

    Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 24, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Justice Department on Monday abandoned plans to move forward with a criminal trial against two Russian firms indicted by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller for financing efforts to interfere in the …