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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump campaigned on the promise of strict enforcement of immigration laws. Now his administration is touting the latest arrest numbers of those suspected of being in the country without authorization. From NPR's Madame Bastille. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency said they arrested almost 1,000 people yesterday, an escalation from the daily numbers last week. Enforcement operations were seen in cities like Chicago, where members of the Trump administration were on the ground themselves. Border czar Tom Homan and acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bovi traveled to Chicago to oversee the efforts. On average, the Biden administration

arrested over 200 people per day last year, though exact levels increased and decreased over time. Trump officials tapped in other federal law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and the Drug Enforcement Administration to assist in the arrests. Hima Nabustia and Peer News, New York. H.Y.K. Hamas has agreed to release three more Israeli hostages, and Israel is allowing displaced Palestinians to return to North Gaza for the first time since the start of the war. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports. Israel and Hamas say they have resolved a dispute involving an Israeli hostage whom

Hamas did not release last week as Israel had expected. Hamas has now agreed to free that hostage, plus two more on Thursday, and Hamas will release three additional hostages on Saturday as previously scheduled. In total, six hostages will be freed this week, and Israel will release Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Hamas has also given Israel a list detailing the condition of each hostage who will be freed in the coming weeks.

In return for these gestures, Israel says it is finally allowing the return of displaced Palestinians to North Gaza. Thongs are now returning by foot. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. An asset management companies move to seek to put a final nail in the coffin of the proposed takeover of US Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel, Ankara opposing the deal claiming the company's board and US Steel CEO David Burritt stand to receive as much as $100 million if the merger would go forward. China is showing off a new artificial intelligence product as NPR's Scott Horsley explains it rattled tech investors today. Chinese startup DeepSeek says its new AI chatbot rivals the performance of US competitors at

a lower cost. The threat of cheap competition from China is worrying investors who've poured billions of dollars into AI software and hardware. Excitement about the prospects of artificial intelligence have pushed some tech companies to sky-high stock valuations. Some of those valuations are now getting a second look. Computer chip company Nvidia, for example, which designs highly sought-after AI chips, saw its shares tumble. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. NVIDIA ended the day down nearly 17 percent. Other big tech sector stocks also lost ground.

The NASDAQ fell more than 600 points. You're listening to NPR. It's unclear exactly why it's happening, but health experts say more U.S. adults are being diagnosed with ADHD, upwards of 15 million adults, or 1 in 17 people have been diagnosed with the condition. Though ADHD starts in childhood, experts are now debating whether it's under or over-diagnosed and trying to come up with better ways to assess and treat it in adults. The most prestigious award in children's books was announced today. The big winner was the first State of Bing by Aaron Entrada Kelly,

who won the Newbery Medal. As NPR's Andrew Limbong reports, it's about a time traveler at the turn of the century. The book takes place in 1999 and centers Michael Rosario, a 12-year-old boy fretting about the coming Y2K crisis, who then meets a time traveler from the future, obsessed with 1999 culture. Announced at the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards, the Newbery honors the best in children's literature. This is Erin Entrada Kelly's second Newbery Medal, a Kelly one in 2018 for her book Hello, Universe. The Caldecott Medal goes to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book. This year, it went to Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Coons. That book is about a young girl who gets frustrated when her two-year-old baby brother makes a

mess of things as he insists on helping all the time. Andrew Limbong, NPR News. Hollywood glamor has arrived in Park City, Utah for the annual event that is the Sundance Film Festival, a festival hosting the premiere of a new movie starring Jennifer Lopez entitled Kiss of the Spider Woman. The movie was written and directed by Dreamgirls filmmaker Bill Condon. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News, in Washington.