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Immigration raids, masked ice agents, Operation Patriot. Our podcast, Here and Now Anytime is looking at Trump's agenda of mass deportation through the eyes of one state. I'm coming to Boston. I'm bringing hell with me. Listen to the podcast, Here and Now Anytime from NPR and WBOR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnson. President Trump's federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. is officially underway. The arrival of National Guard troops has some hopeful the city will see improvements, while others worry that a short-term blitz could do more harm than good.

NPR's Brian Mann reports. I spent this day talking to people who are living on the street here in Washington. Many of them say they don't have any place to go. There aren't shelters that they feel comfortable staying in. advocacy groups agree that there are very few resources right now and there have been more deep cuts to the social programs that support people, especially with mental health and addiction issues. The concern now is that if this action moves forward, these people could be swept up. Many of them could wind up in jails or incarcerated.

That's NPR's Brian Mann reporting. A federal judge is ordering immigration and customs enforcement to improve conditions for migrants detained at a federal building in New York. NPR Sario Martinez Beltran reports. Under the new ruling, migrants detained at 26 federal plaza in New York must be allowed to request and have access to attorneys within 24 hours of being detained. District Judge Louis Kaplan also prohibited the detention of migrants at the building unless the holdrooms have cleaned bedding mats and soap and other hygiene products. The detainees must have access to medicine and bottles of water as well. The judge's decision will remain in place for at least 14 days.

It comes amid rising concerns about conditions at immigration detention facilities across the country, including the center dubbed alligator alcatraz in Florida. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, and other countries are sounding the alarm over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The nations have issued statements saying the conditions there, have reached unimaginable levels. NPR's Lauren Frere reports from London. The U.K. and 23 other countries, plus the European Union, say famine is, quote, unfolding before our eyes.

An urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation in Gaza. In a joint statement, they say restrictive new registration requirements mean international aid groups may be forced to leave Gaza imminently, which would worsen things even more. They're calling on Israel to unblock essential humanitarian actors from operating. All crossings and routes must be used, they say. There's been a global outcry, but Israel denies responsibility for hunger in Gaza, accusing Hamas instead of stealing aid, something that group denies. Lauren Freyer and PR News, London. Stocks traded higher today on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 483 points at the close.

The NASDAQ composite was up 293. 6 points. This is NPR News in Washington. A tropical storm is gaining strength in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Erin could become a hurricane by late Thursday. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and is quickly moving west toward the Caribbean and the U.S. In Texas, the school district in Uvaldi has released new records in connection. to the 2022 Rob Elementary School shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Marianne Navarro from Texas Public Radio has more.

The documents include student records of the 18-year-old gunman, a former student at Rob Elementary. Also released were text messages, emails, and records from the two school district officers indicted for multiple counts of child endangerment for their response to the shooting. The release did not include new audio or video from the day of. of the shooting and reveals little new information, but shows the criticism Yuvaldi officials faced following the botched response. The release came as part of a year-long lawsuit filed by several news organizations after state and local governments withheld records related to the shooting. I'm Marianne Navarro in San Antonio. YouTube says it's testing out a new age verification system

in the U.S. that relies on artificial intelligence. The social media site says it will use the technology to distinguish between adults and minors based on the types of videos they watch. The system is designed to only work when users are logged in to their accounts. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.