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and I'm not to saying that because I work here. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll start things off with a major policy shift at the

State Department. Secretary of State Mark Arrubio says the U.S. will begin aggressively revoking

visas for Chinese nationals, specifically targeting students with ties to the Chinese Communist

Party, the CCP, or those studying in sensitive fields.

Later in the show, a legal blow to President Trump's tariff agenda as a federal court

steps in to block most of the tariffs. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

We begin with the Trump administration, moving to curb Beijing's influence on U.S. campuses,

announcing a sweeping plan to revoke student visas for Chinese nationals linked to the Chinese

Communist Party, the CCP, or involved in sensitive research fields. Secretary of State

Marco Rubio announced the crackdown on Wednesday, framing it as a national security measure.

The move could disrupt the $50 billion international education industry and sever a key recruitment channel for U.S. tech firms,

many of which have relied on Chinese nationals in research and engineering, despite growing concerns over

intellectual property theft and espionage. Well, to be fair, the intellectual property theft and

espionage by the Chinese regime has been going on for several decades, so you could argue the U.S.

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