China, Rare Earths and Supply Leverage

Plus, goodbye to “milk chocolate”?

Here’s what we’re covering:

Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting by David E. Sanger

Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths by Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Lily Kuo

Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom by Tripp Mickle

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished by Alan Feuer

Toll Rises as Hurricane Melissa Begins Passing Through the Bahamas by Nazaneen Ghaffar, Alan Yuhas, André Paultre and Jovan Johnson

Why Did My Favorite Candy Bar Drop ‘Milk Chocolate’ From the Label? by Claire Brown

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