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Simon Marks Reporting
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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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June 3, 2026 - Meltdown at CBS News amid fresh allegations of pro-Trump interference
4d ago00:09:24Tap to summarizeSimon's live update for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC. Today the roundup leads with the firing of Scott Pelley, veteran CBS News anchor and reporter, after he accused the pro-Trump management of seeking to "murder" the news magazine 60 Minutes. CBS News remains the BBC's official US news partner.
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June 2, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump in retreat, except in reported conversation with Netanyahu
5d ago00:08:47Tap to summarizeSimon's latest update for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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May 29, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's stability questioned over Iran talks, and Jill Biden rakes over old coals
1w ago00:11:21Tap to summarizeSimon's weekly chronicle of events from a deeply unserious United States. Listen live every week on Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on LBC at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards.This week: - Trump's mad move in the Middle East;- the scrapping of US humanitarian aid fuels the spread of Ebola;- Jill Biden spins a yarn in her new memoir.
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May 24, 2026 - Republican Senators fear Trump's Iran plan amounts to "surrender"
2w ago00:09:28Tap to summarizeSimon's live update for Henry Riley's Sunday afternoon programme on the UK's LBC.
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May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Suspect in White House shooting killed by Secret Service
2w ago00:14:04Tap to summarizeSimon's live update for Clive Bull's overnight programme on the UK's LBC.
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May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: White House under security lockdown after reports of gunfire
2w ago00:14:00Tap to summarizeSimon's live breaking news report for Nick Abbot's programme on LBC.
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May 22, 2026 - "American Week": Republicans revolt over Trump's "slush fund"
2w ago00:11:11Tap to summarizeSimon's weekly chronicle of the American story for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. This week: -- Trump sets up a slush fund for his mates after a quid-pro-quo with his own Justice Department.-- That ain't no ballroom. It's a Bond villain's bunker.-- Remembering Barney Frank
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May 20, 2026 - US indicts Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, on murder charges
3w ago00:06:42Tap to summarizeSimon's live update for CNA, the pan-Asian English language TV news channel based in Singapore. With Yasmine Yonkers and Arnold Gay anchoring.
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May 20, 2026 - Trump successfully purges "traitors" in Republican primaries, and reveals his "ballroom" is really a bunker
3w ago00:06:41Tap to summarizeSimon's live update James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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May 19, 2026 - Trump reveals his ballroom will in fact be an impenetrable military bunker
3w ago00:03:30Tap to summarizeSimon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.
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