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These days there is a lot of news. It could be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, the backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Listen to the Consider This Podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. Citing national security concerns, including terror attacks, President Trump is banning people in 12 countries from entering the U.S.

and partially restricting entry for those in seven others. Very simply, we cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the United States. Speaking in a video message, the president says the changes will take effect on Monday. The 12 countries under the full ban include Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. The partial ban applies to countries that include Cuba, Sierra Leone, and Venezuela. The changes follow Sunday's firebombing of demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, who were

calling for Hamas to release its remaining hostages in Gaza. The man charged in that attack was in the U.S. on an expired visa. A federal judge is temporarily halting the deportation of the wife and five children of Mohammed Soliman, the suspect in that firebombing attack in Colorado. Kira Demary with Colorado Public Radio has more from Denver. The suspect's wife and five kids were detained by ICE on Tuesday. Eric Lee is the immigration attorney representing the family and he likened

the move to a style of intimidation found in Nazi Germany called family or collective punishment. The idea that the Trump administration can impose punishment on family members for the crimes, alleged crimes that they did not commit is an assault on the most basic democratic rights of the entire American population. Lee said a line has to be drawn on who can be charged with a crime. Hearings on the family's deportation are next week. For NPR News, I'm Kiara Demary in Denver. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is brushing aside a Russian memorandum outlining

conditions for a ceasefire between the two countries. NPR's Hanna Polymarenko has more from Kiev. President Zelensky says the document contradicts the UN Charter, the Constitution of Ukraine and, quote, common sense. Speaking to reporters, Zelensky emphasized that he is ready for a meeting at the level of the leaders of the states starting next Monday and proposed a ceasefire before the meeting. If we see that we can continue the dialogue and are ready for appropriate de-escalation

steps, we will continue the ceasefire with American monitoring and guarantees of mediation," he added. Zelensky also announced a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war to take place over the weekend. Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv. This is NPR News from Washington. China is ramping up its online influence operations and using artificial intelligence tools to do so. That's according to researchers at OpenAI.

As NPR's Shannon Bond reports, the company says it recently disrupted Chinese operations, using its tools to help create fake social media posts and conduct social engineering and surveillance. OpenAI says in the past three months, it banned accounts connected to 10 different operations using its AI tools in malicious ways, four of those likely originated in China. Ben Nimmo leads OpenAI's intelligence and investigations team.

What we're seeing from China is a growing range of covert operations using a growing range of covert operations using a growing range of tactics. OpenAI says the accounts it banned used chat GPT to generate posts for social media and also to create performance reviews detailing that work for their bosses. The operations targeted multiple countries, including the US, and posted AI generated comments on TikTok, X, Reddit Reddit, Facebook, and other websites.

Shannon Bond, NPR News. Game one of the NBA Finals is tonight in Oklahoma City between the Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Oklahoma City finished the regular season with the league's best record at 68-14 before eventually winning the Western Conference Finals. The Pacers won the Eastern Conference. In the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers won game one of the Stanley Cup final last night on home ice by beating the Florida Panthers in overtime four to three.

Game two is tomorrow night, also in Edmonton. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington. Do you ever look at political headlines and go, huh? Well, that's exactly why the NPR News in Washington.