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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January 8, 2026 - Trump attacks Venezuela, threatens Greenland, defends ICE killing
08/01/2026 Duration: 11minSimon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Summer Times" with Anna Thomas.
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January 8, 2026 - ICE agent accused by crowds of "murder" in Minneapolis after flagrant killing of 37-year old motorist
08/01/2026 Duration: 11minSimon's live update on Wednesday's shameful events in Minneapolis, for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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January 6, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: White House says "miltary option" for Greenland IS on the table
06/01/2026 Duration: 03minSimon's live, breaking news report for Iain Dale's evening programme on LBC.
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January 5, 2026 - Trump reiterates claim that US is "running" Venezuela, and again threatens Greenland
05/01/2026 Duration: 02minSimon's live update of overnight developments for "Nick Ferrari at Breakfast" on the UK's LBC.
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January 4, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Rubio says U.S. is "running Venezuela" via oil embargo
04/01/2026 Duration: 04minSimon's breaking news update for LBC with Paul Brand presenting.
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January 3, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump says US "to run Venezuela" after Maduro ouster
03/01/2026 Duration: 12minSimon's live update for LBC with Ranvir Singh presenting.
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January 3, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Maduro ousted, as Trump prepares to address nation
03/01/2026 Duration: 15minSimon's live update for LBC News with Andrew Peach
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December 23, 2025 - More Epstein documents released, fueling fresh questions for Andrew and Trump
23/12/2025 Duration: 06minSimon's live update for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.
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December 20th, 2025 - Trump fails to release full Epstein files, despite legal deadline
20/12/2025 Duration: 12minSimon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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December 20th, 2025 - Trump suspends Green Card lottery in fresh immigration crackdown
20/12/2025 Duration: 15minSimon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Saturday Morning", with Susie Ferguson presenting. A look-back at 2025, and look ahead to the New Year.
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December 19, 2025 - Trump's primetime address: 50 falsehoods in 18 minutes
20/12/2025 Duration: 16minSimon's live chat with James O'Brien on his Friday morning programme, rounding out an astonishing year in Washington and previewing 2026.
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December 19, 2025 - "American Week": Trump dances on the Reiners' graves and rigs a ballot
19/12/2025 Duration: 10minSimon's weekly chronicle of events in the USA, for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm, or find it here on-demand afterwards. This week: Trump dances on the graves of Rob and Michele Reiner, makes stuff up out of thin air during a primetime TV address, and has the audacity to rename the Kennedy Center...after himself.
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December 16, 2025 - Trump sullies presidency over Reiners' murder, and launches lawsuit against BBC
16/12/2025 Duration: 15minSimon's live roundup for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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December 15, 2025 - AS IT BROKE: Trump says he is moving ahead with lawsuit against BBC
15/12/2025 Duration: 07minSimon's live update on President Trump's surprise announcement that he is filing his proposed defamation lawsuit against the BBC, more than a month after the idea was first floated. For Iain Dale's nightly programme on the UK's LBC.
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December 15, 2025 - Trump publishes shameful social media posting after Reiners' killing
15/12/2025 Duration: 06minSimon's live update on fresh evidence that there is no floor to how low President Trump is willing to go. With Tom Swarbrick in the UK's LBC.
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December 15, 2025 - US appalled by Bondi attack on Hanukah celebration
15/12/2025 Duration: 07minSimon's live update for ABC Radio Sydney's breakfast programme, with Chris Taylor presenting.
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December 12, 2025 - "American Week": In new National Security Strategy, Trump bins transatlantic alliance
12/12/2025 Duration: 11minSimon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards. This week: Trump's new National Security Strategy; his latest bigotry towards non-white communities; and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces a grilling on Capitol Hill.
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December 8, 2025 - Kremlin celebrates Trump's National Security Strategy, as US flays Europe
08/12/2025 Duration: 16minSimon's live update for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC. Read Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy for yourself here. And read Simon's article for The iPaper here.
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January 7, 2025 - Trump's new National Security Strategy marks end of transatlantic alliance
08/12/2025 Duration: 14minSimon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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December 5, 2025 - "American Week": Trump embraces the F-word
05/12/2025 Duration: 10minSimon'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: Trump goes to war with America's Somali community; the country's doors close to virtually everyone; and remembering LBC's Brian Hayes, and the role American newsmakers played on his radio programmes.