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New Warnings for U.S. Economy, and Columbia Student Is Freed

New Warnings for U.S. Economy, and Columbia Student Is Freed

The Headlines
May 1, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, a wiener dog’s 529 days in the wild. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/business/us-economy-gdp-tariffs.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Casselman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/senate-trump-tariffs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Rejects Bipartisan Measure to Undo Trump’s Tariffs</strong></a>, <i>by Robert Jimison</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Announces Deal to Share Ukraine’s Mineral Wealth</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport, Michael Crowley, Andrew E. Kramer and Kim Barker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/nyregion/columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-freed.html" target="_blank"><strong>Columbia Student Who Was Arrested at Citizenship Interview Is Freed</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Ley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/asia/india-muslims-detentions-demolitions.html" target="_blank"><strong>India’s Muslims Fear a Growing Backlash After Kashmir Attack</strong></a>, <i>by Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/australia/dachshund-australia-valerie-rescued.html" target="_blank"><strong>After 529 Days, Valerie the Dachshund Has Been Rescued</strong></a>, <i>by Victor Mather</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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