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China Cuts Off Critical Exports, and Meta Goes on Trial

China Cuts Off Critical Exports, and Meta Goes on Trial

The Headlines
Apr 14, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, everybody wants a bunker. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html" target="_blank"><strong>China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies</strong></a>, <i>by Keith Bradsher</i></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-bukele-prison-deported-migrants.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump to Meet President of El Salvador, Where Deportees Face Prison</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/josh-shapiro-arson-attack-pennsylvania.html" target="_blank"><strong>Suspect Charged in Arson at Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion</strong></a>, <i>by Edgar Sandoval, Jeremy W. Peters and Mike Ives</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/technology/zuckerberg-testifies-meta-trial-ftc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mark Zuckerberg, Serial Witness, Will Take the Hot Seat Again</strong></a>, <i>by Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/10/magazine/bunkers-prepping.html" target="_blank"><strong>The “Panic Industry” Boom</strong></a>, <i>by Coralie Kraft</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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