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President Donald Trump says Ukraine is open to a U.S. proposed 30-day ceasefire with Russia.

In exchange, the U.S. says it would lift its suspension of military aid and

intelligence sharing with Keev. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the ball is now in Russia's

court. Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it. We're going to meet with them

later on today and tomorrow, and hopefully we'll be able to wipe out a deal. But I think the ceasefire is very important.

If we can get Russia to do it, that'll be great. If we can't, we just keep going on and people are

going to get killed. Lots of people. The announcement comes a week after measures were imposed to push

Ukrainian leader of Lodi Mir Zelensky to enter talks with Russia to end the now more than three-year-old war sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The husband comes after talks between the U.S. and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia.

Employees of the U.S. Department of Education received an unusual email today, advising them to vacate

all department offices within hours. Here's NPR's Corey Turner.

Staff were instructed by the department's Office of Security

to leave their offices by 6 p.m. Eastern Time, and they were told to work from home Wednesday. The

email included little explanation, saying offices would be closed for security reasons and would

reopen Thursday. Employees of the department shared the email with NPR, and we're not naming

them because the employees fear retribution. Neither the White House nor the Education Department

responded to multiple requests for comment. The email further unsettled employees who fear

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