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    President Joe Biden, gets a hug from a supporter at Mary Mac’s Tea Room in Atlanta.

    Biden’s Atlanta trip highlights duel with Trump for black voters

    While overwhelming support from black voters was key to Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, there’s concern among his supporters that Donald Trump is making inroads.

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    Donald Trump speaks during the Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Dallas.

    Trump pledges to be gun owners’ most ardent ally

    The former president accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, claiming that the right to bear arms was “under siege” by the Biden administration.

    • Jazmine Ulloa
    Scott Bessent at the 2018 Sohn Hearts and Minds investment conference.

    Ex-Soros star Scott Bessent jockeys with John Paulson to run Trump’s Treasury

    While Ken Griffin and other mega donors are focusing on Trump’s vice presidential pick, those on Wall Street are angling for a different spot in a second Trump administration.

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    • Katherine Burton, Nancy Cook and Amanda Gordon
    Don’t expect any improvement on free trade after the US election, regardless of who wins.

    Made in Australia is just copying US and China protectionism

    Anthony Albanese has replicated the economic strategies of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. The small mercy so far is no increased tariffs on imports.

    • Alexander Downer
    A Geely Zeekr 001 EV at the Zeekr Centre in Shanghai. The shift in the US approach towards China from engagement to full-throttle competition is no longer in doubt.

    The US-China trade war has helped polarise ASEAN

    Regardless of their alignment or dependence on one side or the other, South-East Asian states need to stay focused on their common regional interests.

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    Wind turbines in Kansas. The former president believes they are a cancer risk.

    Trump shows the cost of pettiness among the powerful

    Donald Trump’s vendetta against wind turbines is not unusual among plutocrats and tech lords who believe they should have more say.

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    Dutton’s housing election; Nvidia bulls sell; Millennial set to retire

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

    Beth Sanner: “If you … start influencing policy more than informing it, then it’s a slippery slope.”

    ‘We don’t know the truth’, says senior CIA officer

    Beth Sanner was Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefer for two years. Few people know the boundaries between secrecy and democracy so well.

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    Scott Morrison with US dignitaries including Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo.

    ScoMo brings Rudd closer to Trump

    At Washington DC in front of Republican dignitaries, Scott Morrison finally spoke to a room familiar with his cadence.

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    They still hate him, but Wall Street’s big donors turn to Trump

    Exasperated with Joe Biden’s policies, top financiers are increasingly on board for a second Trump term despite being alienated during his first presidency.

    • Rob Copeland
    Shame about the “pile-on”: Donald Trump with Scott Morrison at his penthouse apartment in Trump Tower.

    Morrison says Trump legal ‘pile-on’ political

    Speaking in Washington, Scott Morrison backed Donald Trump’s assertion that America’s legal system is being used against him.

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    Jobless rate up; No ‘quick’ house price fix: RBA; Buffett boosts bulls

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

    Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to face off again in this year’s presidential election.

    ‘Let’s get ready to rumble’: Biden and Trump agree to TV debates

    The two men will go head-to-head on CNN on June 27 then on ABC News on September 10.

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    Barron Trump was largely shielded from the media while he was growing up.

    How 18-year-old Barron Trump could follow in his father’s footsteps

    The youngest of Donald Trump’s children graduates high school this week, which makes him a target for the press.

    • Kate Wills
    AFR GIF - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers in-between television interviews at Parliament House in Canberra

    Time to fix budget’s structural deficit: accountants

    Accounting bodies say the federal budget should have done more to deliver substantive tax reform and a plan for implementation. Here’s how the day unfolded.

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    Jim Justice is running for Joe Manchin’s US Senate seat.

    Why this Trump acolyte is key to finding some of Greensill’s billions

    The fight to recover funds owed to Credit Suisse clients has landed with West Virginia coal baron and senate hopeful Jim Justice and a small Virginia bank.

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    Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court.

    ‘Women will hate me’: Cohen says Trump fretted about 2016 campaign

    The prosecution’s star witness said Donald Trump was concerned Stormy Daniels’ sexual encounter claim would ruin his 2016 bid for the White House.

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    Lendlease doubts $112m bill; Musk’s video win; Wall St legend’s truths

    Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

    If Donald Trump were to return to the White House as president, the implications for the US, its allies and the global economy are sure to be profound.

    How Trump’s ‘imperial presidency’ will reshape the world

    If Donald Trump wins in November, expect even greater strain on American institutions. But he’s unlikely to be an “imperial president” abroad.

    • James Curran
    Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging ground near the border with the Gaza Strip.

    Halting the bombs: Biden’s gamble to rein in Netanyahu

    The US president paused a weapons shipment to Israel, piling pressure on Israel’s leader to change course. Will it work?

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    Dexus is attempting to block Kevin Seymour’s eight-tower precinct (pictured), alleging it would take business away its own shopping centre down the road.