WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns amid reports that his administration was considering the creation of a fund to compensate his political allies who believe they have been wrongly investigated and prosecuted. Democrats and government watchdogs immediately pledged to fight what they called a “corrupt” and unprecedented resolution, warning that the arrangement would unjustly enrich people close to the president with taxpayer dollars and open the door to meritless claims of political persecution. Trump’s lawyers disclosed the dismissal of the case

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) – The ​U.S. Department of Treasury on Monday ‌said it had agreed to a $275 million settlement with India’s Adani Enterprises Ltd(ADEL.NS), opens new tab ​over the company’s potential civil liability for ​32 apparent violations of U.S. sanctions ⁠on Iran. Adani Enterprises had bought shipments ​of liquefied petroleum gas from a ​Dubai-based trader purporting to supply Omani and Iraqi gas that had actually originated from Iran, ​Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ​said in a statement. The U.S. Securities and Exchange ‌Commission separately ⁠settled a civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani over an alleged scheme

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) – India may be the world’s most populous ​country, with 1.42 billion people and challenges like high youth unemployment, but powerful allies of Prime ‌Minister Narendra Modi are championing larger families to counter a declining fertility rate. Even though the United Nations projects India’s population will keep rising for about four decades, peaking at around 1.7 billion, some policymakers and Hindu groups say the shift away ​from smaller families should begin now, including through government financial support. The country’s total fertility rate (TFR), the average ​number of children per woman, declined to 2 in the