Simon Marks Reporting
February 19, 2026 - UK teaches US lesson in accountability with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest
Simon's live update for James O'Brien's programme on LBC.
February 17, 2026 - Jesse Jackson remembered by Obamas as "a true giant"
Simon's live report on the death of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with Ingrid Hipkiss presenting.
February 17, 2026 - Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84
Simon's live report on the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson at the age of 84, with particular focus on the role he played leading America's anti-apartheid movement. For South Africa's "Newzroom Afrika" TV with Xoli Mnamgabi anchoring. Courtesy: DStv 405
#JesseJackson #Jackson #apartheid #Trump #Democrats #USpolitics #news #simonmarks
February 17, 2026 - Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff fuels presidential rumours, and the search continues for Nancy Guthrie
Simon's round up of news for The Claire Byrne Show on Ireland's Newstalk radio.
Editorial Update: Authorities in Tucson now say there is NO match between the glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home and the DNA found inside the houses, despite initial suggestions to the contrary.
February 15, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump in search of a distraction after week of reverses and defeats
Simon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
February 14, 2026 - Mandelson summoned to appear before House Oversight Committee on Epstein
Simon's Saturday afternoon update for Vanessa Feltz's programme on the UK's LBC.
This week;
-- Peter Mandelson and Pam Bondi face the music over Epstein.
-- Marco Rubio plays "Mr. Nice Guy" in Munich.
#Trump #Epstein #Mandelson #Bondi #Midterms #Rubio #MSC2026
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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
February 4, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump calls NBC anchor whose 84-year old mother appears to have been abducted
Simon's live round up of events in the United States for Ben Kentish's late night programme on the UK's LBC.
Tonght:
-- the latest on the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
-- President Trump's shameful treatment of CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins
-- Mass layoffs at The Washington Post
-- Trump undermines public confidence in American elections....all over again
#Trump #elections #Midterms #Guthrie #WashingtonPost #WaPolayoffs #Bezos #news #journalism #simonmarks #LBC #USpolitics
February 4, 2026 - As Mandelson crisis deepens in UK, Trump urges Americans to move on from Epstein
Simon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with Corin Dann presenting.
#epstein #starmer #mandelson #news #Trump #midterms #uspolitics #simonmarks #Clintons
February 4, 2026 - Fears grow for "kidnapped" mother of NBC presenter Savannah Guthrie
Simon's live update on the hunt for Nancy Guthrie, and also on the fallout from the latest release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein, for The Claire Byrne Show on Ireland's Newstalk
#guthrie #news #simonmarks #epstein #Trump #crime #uspolitics
February 4, 2026 - Trump threatens to "nationalise" elections, raising fresh questions about midterms
Simon's live update on the President's latest efforts to undermine the public's integrity in American elections, with his proposal to "nationalise" the administration of elections in time for the midterms. For James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
#Trump #midterms #USElections #usnews #news #Democrats #Constitution #lbc #simonmarks
February 3, 2026 - Dates set for Clintons' depositions in Congressional Epstein probe
Simon's live update for "Tonight With Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.
#Clintons #Epstein #news #usnews #mandelson #andrew #lbc #simonmarks #hillary
February 2, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Bill and Hillary Clinton cave-in, and will testify before Epstein probe in Congress
Simon's live update on the breaking news from Washington DC that Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee, in the face of threats potentially to jail them for contempt over their oft-stated refusal to appear. For Ben Kentish's late-night programme on the UK's LBC.
#Epstein #Clinton #BillClinton #HillaryClinton #Clintons #Congress #Trump #Democrats #USnews #midterms #midterms2026 #lbc #simonmarks
February 2, 2026 - Trump claims absolution from Epstein documents, but Democrats aren't buying it
Simon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC. As calls grow for the Department of Justice to release even more of the Epstein files, can Trump's claim of absolution endure?
#Epstein #Trump #Andrew #news #simonmarks #lbc #
February 2, 2026 - Revealed: Emiratis invested $500 million in Trump's crypto business four days before his inauguration
Simon's live update for James O'Brien's programme on LBC, with new possible conflict-of-interest revelations swirling around Trump and his family members. Also today: Trump's decision to sue his own government for $10 billion, and his decision to close the so-called "Trump-Kennedy Center" for the next 2 years.
#Trump #lbc #simonmarks #news #Emiratis #sudan #genocide #uae #kennedycenter #irs #bessent #bondi #Democrats #Congress #usnews #uspolitics #Midterms2026 #Midterms
February 1, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump announces closure of "Trump-Kennedy Center", after array of top stars pull out
Simon's live update for LBC's Sunday night / Monday morning programme with Nick Abbot. Listen to Simon's weekly update at 1245am.
#KennedyCenter #trump #news #ICE #noem #minneapolis #philistines #simonmarks #lbc
January 31, 2026 - More than 300 anti-ICE protests underway across US
Simon's live Saturday afternoon roundup for Vanessa Feltz's programme on the UK's LBC.
This week: anti-ICE protests are underway across the United States; fears being expressed over the future of journalism in America after the arrests of two prominent reporters; and "Melania" opens to largely-empty cinemas nationwide.
#ICE #BorderPatrol #pretti #bovino #trump #news #simonmarks #LBC #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #journalism #melania #uspolitics #midterms #georgiaelections
January 31, 2026 - Arrest of journalists Don Lemon & Georgia Fort raises fresh fears for U.S. democracy
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's programme on the UK's LBC.
#donlemon #georgiafort #journalism #Trump #Minneapolis #ICE #BorderPatrol #pretti #midterms #elections #news #simonmarks #lbc
January 30, 2026 - South Africa and Israel in row over diplomats, while in the USA Don Lemon is arrested
Simon's live roundup for Newzroom Afrika, South Africa's leading news channel. Courtesy DStv 405. With Masa Kekana anchoring
Today: South Africa and Israel engage in a tit-for-tat over diplomats, former CNN star Don Lemon and another US journalist are arrested, and the Department of Justice widens its investigation into the Alex Pretti slaying in Minneapolis.
#southafrica #israel #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #news #minneapolis #midterms #uspolitics #trump #DoJ #simonmarks #newzroomafrika
January 30, 2026 - "American Week": Another US citizen gunned down in Minneapolis, and an FBI election raid in Georgia
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on-demand afterwards.
This week: the Border Patrol's indefensible killing of another American citizen in Minneapolis, and the FBI does Trump's dirty work in Georgia pointing to more election skulduggery ahead.
#Trump #FBI #Minneapolis #AlexPretti #ICE #BorderPatrol #Noem #news #americanweek #simonmarks #LBC #Georgia #midterms #USelections #uspolitics
January 28, 2026 - Newly released video shows Pretti vandalizing federal agents' car in Minneapolis
Simon's report for LBC's hourly news bulletins on the newly released footage of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, 11 days prior to his slaying by Border Patrol Agents.
#pretti #Minneapolis #Trump #BorderPatrol #ICE #news #LBC #simonmarks #uspolitics
