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EXCLUSIVE: The Nightly can reveal that collapsed talks over a trade deal between Australia and the European Union could resume, a result of Donald Trump’s actions.

US President Donald Trump has waged war on showers, signing a new executive order effecting showers, toilets sings and dishwashers.

The Coalition’s energy strategy could lead to a ‘jobs bloodbath’ in the electrical sector, according to industry analysis and will be a feature of today’s energy debate between Chris Bowen and Ted O’Brien.

US stocks leapt before closing after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries.

Jim Chalmers has warned against ‘cuts and chaos’ under Dutton’s coaltion, while Angus Taylor told voters they are the best choice to guide Australia through tough economic times in an election debate.

US President Donald Trump has spectacularly backflipped on his newly announced higher tariffs, granting a 90-day pause for most countries while escalating a trade war with China.

Investors will closely watch the RBA governor's first speech since the 'liberation day' tariff dump, which caused markets to drastically re-price rate cut bets.

‘It’s totally silly,’ Dani Rodrik, an economist who studies globalisation at Harvard University, said of Donald Trump’s focus on bilateral deficits. ‘There’s no other way to say it, it makes no sense.’

CAMERON MILNER: Canberra’s worst kept secret is out, at best Anthony Albanese will lead a minority government after May 3. He will remain PM, but the Greens and a clutch of teals will hold the power.

A new plan to lower power bills for millions of Aussies who have been forgotten in a scheme to provide cheaper home batteries will be launched by the Greens.

China has retaliated against the US and is set to impose 84 per cent tariffs on US imports.

EDITORIAL: If you were hoping for a clear cut winner at the first election debate between Albo and Dutton, you likely came away disappointed. There were no major slip-ups, but no knock-out blows either.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Albanese can’t stop talking about Trump, when it suits him. But when it comes to spelling out how he is planning to broker a deal with the US President, he is characteristically evasive. 

Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the “beautiful, clean” coal industry and says he wants to compete with Australia on production of the fossil fuel. 

Peter Dutton has spoken about the ‘toll’ the election campaign has had on his family after his dad has a heart attack on Tuesday night.