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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Build-up to a blow-up: Inside the Trump-Musk meltdown

How a moment of irritation signalled simmering tensions between the two men that would explode into the open days later, and end one of the most extraordinary alliances in American politics.

  • Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer and Ryan Mac

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A man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador in an undated photo.

El Salvador returns mistakenly deported man to face people smuggling charges in the US

The US Supreme Court had ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return saying the Trump administration had cited no basis for what it called his “warrantless arrest”.

  • Sarah N. Lynch and Luc Cohen
Bobbie chief executive Laura Modi is in a difficult position.

‘Betrayal’: She built a cult baby business, then RFK Jr came calling

Laura Modi’s baby formula company Bobbie grew quickly as a science-based brand that was ingredient-conscious. But her decision to align herself with the Trump administration set off a firestorm.

  • Alisha Haridasani Gupta

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

On Thursday, as the two men publicly fought in a flurry of furious online posts, Musk revealed X to be a double-edged sword.

  • Will Oremus
Jim Walker with his cattle on his property at Rawsonville just outside Dubbo.

As Albanese plans Trump talks, Jim is worried about his farm

The prime minister has declared he will never imperil Australia’s prized strict biosecurity standards in his tariff negotiations with the president.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
The ASX closed lower on Friday, as banking giant CBA retreated and technology stocks fell.

ASX dips as CBA retreats; miners get China boost

The Australian sharemarket lost ground on Friday as banking giant CBA fell from a historic high and the technology sector declined.

  • Staff reporter
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US President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka in 2019.

Trump agrees to visit China after ice-breaking call with Xi

The US president said he had accepted an invitation to visit Beijing after the call with his China counterpart – their first since he returned to power in January.

  • Michael Koziol and Lisa Visentin
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
Elon Musk in the Oval Office last week.

The staggering amount of money Elon Musk lost in one day as Trump feud boils over

Minute by minute, post by post, Elon Musk’s very public, extremely online feud with President Donald Trump sliced into his vaunted status as the world’s richest person.

  • Dylan Sloan and Tom Maloney
Elon Musk and Donald Trump speak in the White House on March 14.

The Trump-Musk bandwagon was always going to crash, but it’s done so with impressive violence

In reality, few are surprised by the public divorce between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, a master showman who does not like to share the limelight.

  • Michael Lind

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