WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document made public Tuesday, in an extraordinary use of executive power that could effectively help shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The earliest signals of a presidential race normally involve such subtle and behind-the-scenes positioning from candidates that it’s been dubbed in political circles as the “shadow primary.”

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and others

There are primary elections Tuesday in Kentucky, Alabama, Idaho, Oregon and Pennsylvania. These contests will be a further test of President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican voters. Massie angered Trump by voting against his signature tax legislation over concerns of adding to the national debt.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s government said Tuesday that it was seeking $251 million in compensation from Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway abruptly revoked an export permit that scuttled a naval missile defense deal for Malaysia’s combat ships.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The International Criminal Court heard on Tuesday how the former senior commander of a Libyan prison murdered and raped inmates, sometimes in front of their children, earning the nickname “Angel of Death.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Vice President JD Vance ‘s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans – including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – A joint operation against Islamic State fighters by Nigeria and the United States has killed 175 of the fighters over the past few days, the Nigerian military said Tuesday.