Simon Marks Reporting

Ongoing news reports from Washington and elsewhere by Emmy award-winning reporter Simon Marks. Simon's coverage airs on TV and radio networks worldwide and is now also available through all major podcast services. Once called "the harbinger of daily astonishment", Simon is the President & Chief Correspondent of Feature Story News. You can watch his latest TV reporting here.

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February 14 · 8 min
February 14, 2026 - Rubio makes more measured, but still threatening speech to European leaders in Munich
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC. This week: --Rubio's not-so-threatening, but still threatening speech to European leaders at Munich. --Reverberations from Bondi's Congressional testimony continue --What will Trump do next? Listen live most Saturdays at 12:50pm or find it on-demand here afterwards.
February 13 · 10 min
February 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump posts racist meme about Obamas, while Bondi demonstrates contempt for democracy
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. This week: --Trump sparks Republican fury with a racist social media post depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle; -- Bondi sparks Republican fury by displaying total contempt for the U.S. Congress; Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm on LBC, or find it here on demand afterwards. #americanweek #lbc #simonmarks #Trump #Obamas #racism #bondi #Congress #ossoff #Democrats #Jayapal
February 13 · 10 min
February 13, 2026 - Trump's U-turn in Minneapolis comes after a week of reverses for him
Simon's live update for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC. Today.... -- Trump's climbdown in Minneapolis -- a Wall Street Journal investigation makes damaging allegations against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem -- Attorney General Pam Bondi sparks fury over her contemptuous testimony in Congress #Minneapolis #ICE #BorderPatrol #Noem #Bondi #Trump #News #USpolitics #Democrats #midterms
February 13 · 5 min
February 12, 2026 - In major win for big oil, Trump blocks U.S. legal recognition of scientific finding on impacts of climate change
Simon's live update for Ben Kentish's late night programme on the UK's LBC, as President Trump takes fresh steps to eviscerate U.S. efforts to combat climate change. #climate #Trump #cars #EVs #oil #midterms #Congress
February 12 · 7 min
February 12, 2026 - BBC told Trump defamation lawsuit will go ahead in February 2027
Simon's live update for Iain Dale's evening programme on the UK's LBC, after a court in Florida ruled that the BBC must engage in "discovery" with Trump's lawyers, and that the president's defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster over "Panorama" will be heard in February 2027. #BBC #Trump #lawsuit #politics #Panorama #journalism #news #uspolitics #lbc #simonmarks
February 12 · 5 min
February 12, 2026 - Trump's border czar announces end to "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis
Simon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report", on the apparent climbdown by the White House in Minneapolis following the killing of two American citizens there last month by federal agents. With Ingrid Hipkiss presenting,
February 11 · 7 min
February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Bondi shows unprecedented disdain for the Constitution, Congress and Epstein victims in testimony on Capitol Hill
Simon's live update on an edifying day in Washington that saw Attorney General Pam Bondi disgrace her office and lay waste to constitutional checks and balances that lie at the heart of U.S. democracy. Plus, some alarming news from the Gallup polling organisation. For Iain Dale's programme on the UK's LBC. #Bondi #Constitution #democracy #news #uspolitics #midterms #epstein #gallup #lbc #simonmarks
February 11 · 6 min
February 11, 2026 - Person of interest released as Nancy Guthrie hunt enters Day 11
Simon's live update for The Claire Byrne Show on Ireland's Newstalk. #guthrie
February 11 · 4 min
February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Pam Bondi stonewalls at travesty of Congressional hearing over Epstein
Simon's live update for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. #Bondi #Congress #Epstein #lbc #simonmarks #news #midterms #Democrats #uspolitics #news
February 11 · 9 min
February 11, 2026 - Bondi testifies on Capitol Hill while Netanyahu visits Trump in the White House
Simon's live update from Washington for Shelagh Fogarty's afternoon programme on the UK's LBC. Pam Bondi has begun her testimony on Capitol Hill. Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived for White House talks with President Trump. And a person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie investigation has been released. #Trump #Epstein #Bondi #Democrats #Congress #Guthrie #Netanyahu #news #lbc #simonmarks
February 11 · 11 min
February 11, 2026 - US Roundup: Questions still abound for Trump over Epstein
Simon's U.S. roundup for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC. Today: -- ICE deportation operations continue apace across the country; -- questions mount for Tump and Commerce Secretary Lutnick about their ties to Epstein; -- Trump's prosecutors fail to secure indictments against 6 Democratic lawmakers accused of sedition; -- whatever happened to Trump's "Special Envoy" to the UK. #Trump #Lutnick #Epstein #ICE #sedition #Democrats #MarkBurnett #news #lbc #simonmarks
February 10 · 4 min
February 10, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questioned after concealing visit to Epstein Island
Simon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC, after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick came a cropper in the latest batch of Epstein files released to the public. His previous denial of any involvement with Epstein after 2008 turns out not to have been true. #Epstein #Lutnick #Trump #news #usnews #uspolitics #simonmarks #Democrats #midterms
February 10 · 6 min
February 10, 2026 - Demanding clemency and pleading the Fifth, Maxwell reveals Congressional probe's weakness
Simon's live update on Ghislaine Maxwell setting terms for her co-operation with the House Oversight Committee, as reported on Shelagh Fogarty's programme on the UK's LBC. #epstein #LBC #simonmarks #trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #Congress #midterms #Democrats #Clintons
February 9 · 7 min
February 9, 2026 - Why haven't the Epstein files yet caught Trump in their gyre?
Simon's live chat with Iain Dale on the UK's LBC. #Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #RoKhanna #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
February 9 · 9 min
February 9, 2026 - Ghislaine Maxwell pleads 5th Amendment in appearance before House Oversight Committee
Simon's live update for LBC News with drivetime presenter John Stratford. #epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
February 9 · 14 min
February 8. 2026 - US Roundup: Republicans continue to demand Trump apology over racist social media post
Simon's weekly update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every week at 0045 Uk time, or find it here on demand afterwards. This week: -Trump under fresh fire over social media racism towards the Obamas -Trump threatens to rig the midterm elections and/or reject a Democratic victory -NBC faces allegations of censoring boos of JD Vance at the Winter Olympics -And Trump demands that two major additional landmarks should be named after him. #Trump #news #LBC #simonmarks #nickabbot #USpolitics #midterms #WinterOlympics #election2026
February 7 · 12 min
February 7, 2026 - No apology from Trump over racist re-posting of meme depicting Obamas as primates
Simon's live update for LBC's Natasha Devon, as the president refuses to apologize for his re-posting on social media of a racist meme about the Obamas. #Trump #Racism #Obamas #Republicans #news #LBC #simonmarks #uspolitics #midterms #Elections2026 #usnews
February 7 · 7 min
February 7, 2026 - Trump, in third telling of racist social media post, claims he never saw meme of Obamas
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC. Today, the ongoing fury over Trump's racist social media re-post portraying the Obamas as primates in a jungle. #Trump #racism #Obamas #Republicans #USpolitics #midterms #news #uspolitics
February 6 · 10 min
February 6, 2026 - After furious reaction, Trump belatedly removes racist video of Obamas from his social media account
Simon's live update on President Trump's reposting of a video depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle. For South Africa's Newzroom Afrika TV with Nhlanhla Sehume anchoring. Courtesy DStv 405 #trump #obamas #news #uspolitics #racism #republicans #simonmarks #newzroomafrika #midterms
February 6 · 10 min
February 6, 2026 - "American Week": Trump indicates he plans to rig the midterm elections, or reject their outcome
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's programme on the UK's LBC. This week: the President threatens to tear up the Constitution and implement the "nationalisation" of voting in America, taking power away from the country's individual 50 states. Plus, the release of the Epstein files causes more anxiety and anger for victims. And why the country can't even get together any more for a Super Bowl halftime show. #Trump #Elections #Midterms #USElections2026 #Midterms2026 #Democrats #Epstein #DoJ #BadBunny #Superbowl