The US is threatening to slap a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals and a 50% tariff on copper; we break down what this could mean for Australia's economy.

Plus, science has finally cracked the code on what makes someone cool.

And in headlines today Sequestered jurors in the Erin Patterson trial were in the same hotel as a police informant and the prosecution team; Another childcare chain have promised to install CCTV cameras after two if its staff were accused of sexually abusing children; Pope Leo has told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that the Vatican could host Ukraine/Russia peace talks; Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has been posting anti Semitic content and praised Adolf Hitler

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