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Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump will meet in person this month.

China talks a glimmer of hope amid trade war beef

EDITORIAL: The pressure is on Anthony Albanese to secure some sort of exemption from American trade tariffs when he is finally face-to-facewith US President Donald Trump later this month. 

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President Donald Trump, left, and Elon Musk in happier times.

Elon, Donald and the Oval Office bromance’s acrimonious end

AARON PATRICK The world’s richest man has just engaged in history’s most expensive troll-fest.

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Elon Musk’s tweets played a pivotal role in Donald Trump’s election win. Now they are being used against the President.

Musk used X to boost Trump. Now he’s wielding it against him

As the two men publicly fought in a flurry of furious online posts, the world’s richest man revealed X to be a double-edged sword.

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The high-profile partnership between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has collapsed in spectacular fashion.

How the Trump-Musk White House alliance quickly unravelled

The high-profile partnership between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has collapsed in spectacular fashion, with Mr Musk hinting at a new political party, while Mr Trump threatens to axe Musk’s government contracts.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 05, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a press conference after touring the North East Project road tunnel under Melbourne. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

PM says gas needed for WA’s energy transition amid NWS call

Anthony Albanese has defended Murray Watt’s greenlight call to extend the North West Shelf ahead of Woodside’s anticipated response to strict conditions linked to the decision.

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Elon Musk went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in a post on X.

Trump says Musk went ‘CRAZY,’ suggests cutting contracts

President Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk as their feud over a major tax bill rapidly ramped up.

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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025.

Tesla crashes $234b as Musk, Trump officially kill bromance

‘Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,’ Musk posted on X.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have traded threats and explosive Jeffrey Epstein claims.

Trump and Musk trade threats and explosive Epstein claims

Their once close relationship is imploding as Elon Musk fires back at US President Donald Trump, claiming he is named in the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Joe Biden has rejected inferences that he wasn’t in control of decisions during his presidency

Biden hits back as Trump orders health investigation

‘Most dangerous scandals in American history’: Trump takes aim and orders an investigation into Joe Biden's mental fitness during his presidency.

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President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘We don’t want them’: Trump signs new US travel ban

US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, banning travel to the United States for people from 12 countries in response to a recent terror attack.

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Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of President Trump’s sweeping spending bill, calling for a new draft that avoids adding trillions to the national debt.

‘Fast lane to debt slavery’: Musk intensifies Trump sledge

Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending bill, calling for a new draft that avoids adding trillions to the national debt.

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US President Donald Trump says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over an hour about Ukraine’s attack on Russian airfields and Iran’s nuclear program.

Putin vows revenge for Ukraine strikes in tense Trump call

US President Donald Trump says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over an hour about Ukraine’s attack on Russian airfields and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

Trump wants America to make things again. Can it be done?

Trump’s tariffs have upended supply chains, walloped businesses and focused the minds of corporate leaders on one question: Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are yet to hold direct talks despite optimism from the White House. (AP PHOTO)

China's Xi 'hard to make a deal with', Trump concedes

With US courts split over the legality of key tariffs, Donald Trump has reignited tensions by calling Xi Jinping ‘very tough’ and accusing China of violating an agreement.

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Elon Musk went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in a post on X.

The At-Odds Couple: How Musk turned on Trump

The White House made a restrained response to the social media posts from the world’s richest man condemning plans to extent tax cuts and increase the budget deficit.

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