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Donald and Melania Trump with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2002.

Bromance over: Musk says Trump should be impeached in social media brawl

The US president suggested the Tesla chief is suffering “Trump derangement syndrome”. The tech billionaire said that “without me, Trump would have lost”.

  • Michael Koziol

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump, pictured here in October 2024, seem to be heading for another break-up. But this isn’t the first time it’s happened in their years-long rollercoaster relationship.

Musk, Trump, a roller coaster relationship and why they were never good friends

The two-time president of the United States and his “first buddy”, who also happens to be the world’s richest man, have had more breaks than Ross and Rachel.

  • Bronte Gossling
Is the new US Visa ban the beginning of a new level of interference from America?

Could Anthony Albanese be caught up in Trump’s new US visa ban?

A hidden announcement from the State Department about consequences for foreigners “complicit in censoring Americans” has sparked a new level of global interference not seen from America since the end of the Cold War. Peter Hartcher asks, is this the beginning of a new level of interference?

  • Peter Hartcher
US President Donald Trump at a Summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday.

‘We don’t want them’: Trump imposes travel bans on citizens from 12 countries

The US president has announced a total ban on citizens from a dozen countries entering the US and a partial ban on several more nations, a move that partly revives controversial travel restrictions from his first term.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump, then-president-elect, and Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in November.

They were meant for each other, but Trump and Musk were always going to blow up like a SpaceX rocket

It was a match made in MAGA heaven – the world’s richest man with the world’s most powerful. But Elon Musk was never, and never could be, No.1. The break was inevitable.

  • Bruce Wolpe
The new official portrait of Donald Trump that hangs in a building within the White House compound.

Trump says he’s stamping out antisemitism. Online, he’s fanning the flames

The White House said Donald Trump had done “more than any other president in modern history” to fight anti-Jewish hatred. Hours later, Trump posted an image containing a well-known far-right meme.

  • Peter Baker
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The tech billionaire, who recently left President Donald Trump’s administration, has blasted the tax cuts and spending plans.
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Elon Musk calls Trump's big bill a 'disgusting abomination'

The tech billionaire, who recently left President Donald Trump’s administration, has blasted the tax cuts and spending plans.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Trump’s stupid obsession will unleash pain on America

Donald Trump’s ridiculous trade wars are part of his plan to “Make America Great Again”. But the latest OECD forecast shows the US will be hit much harder than most of the rest of the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump and Elon Musk split

‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk ramps up attack on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

The billionaire Tesla CEO lashed the sweeping tax and spending bill, describing it as “pork-filled” and bound to “massively” increase the deficit.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the rain after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday.

The hidden nasty for Australian investors in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

A proposed new tax on foreigners is buried in the details of legislation championed by the US president, and it could hurt Australian super funds, multinationals and high-net-worth individuals.

  • Michael Koziol

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