| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, May 19, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Trump's legal jeopardy escalates, how Myanmar's military spies on citizens, and China's crypto crackdown | | | | | Today's biggest stories  FILE PHOTO: Trump tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri U.S. The New York attorney general's office has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his family.
Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating whether the Trump Organization falsely reported property values to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits.
President Joe Biden's commission to study potential changes to the Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices as some liberal activists have urged, is set to hold its first public meeting, two days after the court charged back into the battle over abortion.
The House of Representatives is expected to approve creating a 10-member commission to probe the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, testing Republicans' loyalty to Trump.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered all public school districts in his state to lift mask-wearing requirements next month, contradicting the latest student-safety guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
|  Tsvia Ganon, 28, and five-month-old Ori sit inside a bomb shelter in Ashkelon, southern Israel, May 18, 2021 REUTERS/Baz Ratner WORLD Israel says it is not setting a timeframe for an end to hostilities with Gaza as its military pounds the Palestinian enclave with air strikes and Hamas militants unleash new cross-border rocket attacks. In Gaza, classrooms have become dormitories as Palestinians flee while in Israel the rocket shelter has become home for many.
Nearly two-thirds of people tested in India have shown exposure to COVID-19, indicating a runaway spread of the virus as the daily death toll rises to a record 4,529. Meet the volunteers braving the risks to tend to the sick and the dead.
In the months before the Myanmar military's February 1 coup, the country's telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources have told Reuters.
China has accused the United States of threatening the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from its giant neighbour.
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