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Many are describing Musk’s assault on the federal bureaucracy as a coup, which isn’t quite right. Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily.

Donald Trump is proving disastrous for big tech

Three months in, and the bosses of America’s most valuable firms have little to show for all their toadying.

  • The Economist

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Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting this week. Despite big disruption from his administration, markets are back to where they started.

Trump says Biden is to blame for America’s shrinking economy. The data says otherwise

The US president blames his predecessor for the sharemarket slump and the fall in America’s GDP. In reality, it’s the “dumbest trade war in history” that’s responsible.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President Donald Trump at a rally in Michigan to mark his first 100 days in office.

US kids may get ‘two dolls instead of 30’, but China will suffer more, says Trump

The US president has tried to reassure a nervous country that his tariffs will not provoke a recession, after a government report showed the US economy shrank since he took office.

  • Josh Boak
Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.

The billionaire and the bully: Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos

With a metaphorical gun to his head, billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Coles is seeing deflation among several fresh food and packaged goods.

Coles on alert for Trump tariff fallout as supermarket prices cool

Australia’s second-biggest supermarket said consumer sentiment was showing signs of improvement – but Trump’s tariffs have injected uncertainty into the mix.

  • Jessica Yun
China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.

It’s chess, not checkers: China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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“They are calling”: Donald Trump acknowledged the Australian government was trying to reach him.

‘They are calling’: Trump confirms Albanese has been trying to speak to him

US President Donald Trump is aware the Australian government has been trying to contact him to discuss tariffs, hinting that he will talk to the prime minister.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Chaotic, wild and history making: This is Trump’s first 100 days

Tariffs, Zelensky and mass deportations. Yet Donald Trump managed to do much more in his first three months as President of the United States.

  • Tom Compagnoni
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves after his speech at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadians choose Carney to take on Trump in stunning election victory

National broadcaster CBC has called the election, but it’s not yet known whether the Liberals would form a majority government.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump is in command - to the detriment of global financial markets.

100 days of destruction: Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink

Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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