Synopsis
A selection of ongoing reporting from Washington and other datelines by Emmy award-winning correspondent Simon Marks. Heard on radio stations worldwide, and now also here, on iTunes and on Google Play. Simon is the President and Chief Correspondent of Feature Story News (www.featurestory.com)
Episodes
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February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Bondi shows unprecedented disdain for the Constitution, Congress and Epstein victims in testimony on Capitol Hill
11/02/2026 Duration: 07minSimon'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
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February 11, 2026 - Person of interest released as Nancy Guthrie hunt enters Day 11
11/02/2026 Duration: 06minSimon's live update for The Claire Byrne Show on Ireland's Newstalk.#guthrie
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February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Pam Bondi stonewalls at travesty of Congressional hearing over Epstein
11/02/2026 Duration: 04minSimon's live update for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.#Bondi #Congress #Epstein #lbc #simonmarks #news #midterms #Democrats #uspolitics #news
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February 11, 2026 - Bondi testifies on Capitol Hill while Netanyahu visits Trump in the White House
11/02/2026 Duration: 09minSimon'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
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February 11, 2026 - US Roundup: Questions still abound for Trump over Epstein
11/02/2026 Duration: 11minSimon'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
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February 10, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questioned after concealing visit to Epstein Island
10/02/2026 Duration: 04minSimon'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
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February 10, 2026 - Demanding clemency and pleading the Fifth, Maxwell reveals Congressional probe's weakness
10/02/2026 Duration: 06minSimon'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
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February 9, 2026 - Why haven't the Epstein files yet caught Trump in their gyre?
09/02/2026 Duration: 07minSimon's live chat with Iain Dale on the UK's LBC.#Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #RoKhanna #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
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February 9, 2026 - Ghislaine Maxwell pleads 5th Amendment in appearance before House Oversight Committee
09/02/2026 Duration: 09minSimon's live update for LBC News with drivetime presenter John Stratford.#epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
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February 8. 2026 - US Roundup: Republicans continue to demand Trump apology over racist social media post
09/02/2026 Duration: 14minSimon'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
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February 7, 2026 - No apology from Trump over racist re-posting of meme depicting Obamas as primates
07/02/2026 Duration: 12minSimon'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
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February 7, 2026 - Trump, in third telling of racist social media post, claims he never saw meme of Obamas
07/02/2026 Duration: 07minSimon'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
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February 6, 2026 - After furious reaction, Trump belatedly removes racist video of Obamas from his social media account
06/02/2026 Duration: 10minSimon'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
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February 6, 2026 - "American Week": Trump indicates he plans to rig the midterm elections, or reject their outcome
06/02/2026 Duration: 10minSimon'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
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February 4, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump calls NBC anchor whose 84-year old mother appears to have been abducted
05/02/2026 Duration: 14minSimon'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
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February 4, 2026 - As Mandelson crisis deepens in UK, Trump urges Americans to move on from Epstein
04/02/2026 Duration: 08minSimon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with Corin Dann presenting.#epstein #starmer #mandelson #news #Trump #midterms #uspolitics #simonmarks #Clintons
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February 4, 2026 - Fears grow for "kidnapped" mother of NBC presenter Savannah Guthrie
04/02/2026 Duration: 08minSimon'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
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February 4, 2026 - Trump threatens to "nationalise" elections, raising fresh questions about midterms
04/02/2026 Duration: 13minSimon'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
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February 3, 2026 - Dates set for Clintons' depositions in Congressional Epstein probe
03/02/2026 Duration: 04minSimon's live update for "Tonight With Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.#Clintons #Epstein #news #usnews #mandelson #andrew #lbc #simonmarks #hillary
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February 2, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Bill and Hillary Clinton cave-in, and will testify before Epstein probe in Congress
03/02/2026 Duration: 07minSimon'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