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House says Israel has accepted a new U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, but adds it's still

waiting for a formal response from

Hamas. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the latest proposal was submitted to both sides by

President Trump and Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff. Hamas has said it wants to study the details further.

The State Department is advising students from China, studying at colleges

and universities in the U.S., that their visas could be reviewed and revoked. Officials say

the administration is focusing on those studying in critical national security fields. NPR's

Michelle Kellerman says the action was announced this week by the Trump

administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. will start, in his words,

aggressively revoking visas of students who have ties to the Chinese Communist Party and who

are studying in critical fields. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce would not give

further details on how the U.S. will vet these students.

The United States, I further can say here, will not tolerate the CCP's exploitation of U.S.

universities or theft of U.S. research, intellectual property, or technologies to grow its military power.

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