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An FBI informant gathered extensive evidence during his six years undercover about a Russian plot to corner the American uranium market, ranging from corruption inside a U.S. nuclear transport company to Obama administration approvals that let Moscow buy and sell more atomic fuels, according to more than 5,000 pages of documents from the counterintelligence investigation.

Republicans are feeling the pressure to move quickly on tax legislation ahead of next month’s Senate election in Alabama.  Senate Republicans already have little margin for error, as they can afford only two defections and still pass their tax-cut bill if Democrats are united against it. But that margin would fall to one vote if the Democrat in the Alabama race, Doug Jones, defeats GOP candidate Roy Moore on Dec. 12.

SAN FRANCISCO — No one knows what the future of self-driving cars will look like, or how long it will take to get there. But every major player in the field is striking partnerships to be ready for the day when autonomous vehicles finally become mainstream. That includes Uber, which on Monday announced a new deal with Volvo.

A woman who claimed the devil made her smother her son in the bathroom of a Manhattan restaurant in 2015 was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter. The woman, Latisha Fisher, 38, of the Lower East Side in Manhattan, had a history of mental illness and violence. On Oct.

WASHINGTON — Janet L. Yellen, chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, said on Monday that she would step down from the Fed’s board at the same time that she ends her term as chairwoman. President Trump decided earlier this month to nominate Jerome H. Powell, a Republican who sits on the Fed’s board, as the next chairman, deciding against offering Ms. Yellen a second term. Ms.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday officially designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, a provocative diplomatic move that he said was aimed at drastically increasing pressure on the rogue nation to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons. North Korea will join Sudan, Syria and Iran as countries that the State Department identifies as those that have “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.” “Should have happened a long time ago,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House.

In the aftermath of the sexual harassment scandal at its Fox News division, 21st Century Fox has struck a settlement with a shareholder that is intended to overhaul the workplace culture at the network. The agreement announced Monday calls for the creation of a new oversight panel — the Fox News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council — comprising two human resources executives at the company and four independent experts.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is preparing a full repeal of net neutrality rules that require broadband providers to give consumers equal access to all content on the internet, putting more power in the hands of those companies to dictate people’s online experiences. Ajit Pai, the chairman of the F.C.C., plans to reveal a sweeping proposal

LINCOLN, Neb.

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