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The US Supreme Court has ruled that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal. 

So, will President Trump give back to Australian companies the millions of dollars they’ve already lost?

What does the new 15 percent global tariff mean for the global economy? 

Today, chief business correspondent Ian Verrender on the latest tariff chaos.

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Ian Verrender, ABC chief business correspondent

They used to be known as personal assistants, now you can just get an AI agent to plan your day, answer your emails and organise your life. 

But what are the risks around handing over control of your data, messages and payment methods to the latest wave of artificial intelligence tools?

Today, computer security expert at Melbourne University Shaanan Cohney on how AI agents work and how close we are to AI taking our jobs. 

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Dr Shaanan Cohney, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Deputy Head for the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has spent about 10 hours of his 66th birthday in police custody as they investigate whether the former prince shared government secrets with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

King Charles has tried to distance himself from the man who remains eighth in line to the throne. But can the royal family survive this scandal?

Today, the ABC’s Annabel Crabb on what happens when the justice system comes for the King’s brother.

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Annabel Crabb, ABC writer and presenter

It’s a case that’s captivated America and grabbed headlines around the world. The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Australian-born US Today show host Savannah Guthrie.

The 84-year-old has been missing for more than three weeks and the mystery only deepened with the release of eerie doorbell footage showing a masked person at her door.

Today, we speak to former FBI profiler, Mary Ellen O’Toole, who spent her career studying the criminal mind.  

She tells us why it’s not likely a burglary gone wrong and what she sees in the demeanour of the masked figure. 

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Mary Ellen O’Toole, former FBI profiler and currently director of the forensic science program at George Mason University

When Coles told you that prices were “Down Down”, were they really? 

That’s a matter now before the Federal Court with the competition watchdog, the ACCC, arguing consumers have been misled and it needs to end. 

Today, consumer affairs reporter Michael Atkin on what we’ve heard in the case so far and how Coles defends its practices. 

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Michael Atkin, ABC consumer affairs reporter

Could we solve the housing crisis in Australia by increasing taxes on the extremely rich and targeting mining giants’ profits? 

Today, British economist, former trader and YouTube star Gary Stevenson on why a wealth tax could work to end growing inequality and fix our housing problem. 

He explains why rising inequality could lead to deteriorating living standards and leave Australians living in slums. 

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Gary Stevenson, economist and host of Gary’s Economics

Donald Trump says it’s a scam to say that climate change is a threat to public health. So, the US president has killed off a scientific finding that says it is.

The so-called endangerment finding was the basis for nearly all climate laws in the US.

Now it’s gone, the White House hopes dirty industries can flourish again, including America’s petrol car manufacturers. 

Today, ANU climate expert, Christian Downie on what happens when one of the world’s largest polluters gives up on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

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Christian Downie, professor in the school of regulation and global governance at the Australian National University

We know Donald Trump doesn’t like losing elections and the US president is still claiming that the 2020 poll was rigged and stolen. 

Now with the midterm elections just eight months away there’s concern he’s trying to fiddle with the voting system.

Today, Professor Rick Hasen from UCLA on Trump’s tactics and whether he can get away with meddling with US democracy. 

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Rick Hasen, Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

Sussan Ley has lost the Liberal leadership.

The partyroom voted to dump its first female leader after she’s been in the role for just nine months.

Angus Taylor now has the mammoth task of turning around some of the worst polling in the Liberal Party’s history and stopping One Nation from stealing more of its voters. 

Today, Niki Savva, political commentator and author and former advisor to Prime Minister John Howard, on the leadership spill and whether the Coalition has any chance of returning to government. 

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Niki Savva, political commentator and author of Earthquake: The Election that Shook Australia

Donald Trump was Jeffrey Epstein’s one time friend and his name appears countless times in the Epstein files. 

But it’s not the US president who’s currently fighting for his political survival.

Instead, it’s the British leader Keir Starmer who’s on very shaky ground, even though he’s not in the documents.   

Today, professor of politics at Deakin University, Simon Tormey, on how he became so deeply embroiled in the controversy. 

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Simon Tormey, Executive Dean of Arts and Education and Professor of Politics at Deakin University