Simon Marks Reporting

Simon Marks

Ongoing news reports from Washington and elsewhere by Emmy award-winning reporter Simon Marks (http://www.simonmarks.com) . 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 (http://www.featurestorynews.com) .  You can watch his latest TV reporting here. (https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonMarksFSN)

  • 15 minutes 37 seconds
    December 16, 2025 - Trump sullies presidency over Reiners' murder, and launches lawsuit against BBC
    Simon's live roundup for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
    16 December 2025, 2:29 pm
  • 7 minutes 39 seconds
    December 15, 2025 - AS IT BROKE: Trump says he is moving ahead with lawsuit against BBC
    Simon'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.
    15 December 2025, 11:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 29 seconds
    December 15, 2025 - Trump publishes shameful social media posting after Reiners' killing
    Simon'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.
    15 December 2025, 7:15 pm
  • 7 minutes 1 second
    December 15, 2025 - US appalled by Bondi attack on Hanukah celebration
    Simon's live update for ABC Radio Sydney's breakfast programme, with Chris Taylor presenting.
    15 December 2025, 6:56 pm
  • 11 minutes 8 seconds
    December 12, 2025 - "American Week": In new National Security Strategy, Trump bins transatlantic alliance
    Simon'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.
    12 December 2025, 6:31 pm
  • 16 minutes 55 seconds
    December 8, 2025 - Kremlin celebrates Trump's National Security Strategy, as US flays Europe
    Simon'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.
    8 December 2025, 3:49 pm
  • 14 minutes 5 seconds
    January 7, 2025 - Trump's new National Security Strategy marks end of transatlantic alliance
    Simon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on the UK's LBC.  
    8 December 2025, 3:44 pm
  • 10 minutes 50 seconds
    December 5, 2025 - "American Week": Trump embraces the F-word
    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: 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.
    5 December 2025, 10:09 pm
  • 10 minutes 49 seconds
    November 28, 2025 - "American Week": Thanksgiving marred by Washington DC shooting attack on National Guard
    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: a gunman attacks National Guard troops in Washington DC on the eve of the Thanksgiving Holiday; US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff's pro-Russian sympathies are nakedly revealed; and Trump meets Mamdani...and likes him.
    28 November 2025, 6:24 pm
  • 10 minutes 1 second
    November 27, 2025 - Trump orders "re-examination" of Afghan migrants after Washington attack
    Simon's live roundup with James O'Brien on the UK's LBC.
    27 November 2025, 7:42 pm
  • 14 minutes 39 seconds
    November 26, 2025 - AS IT BROKE: Trump orders South Africa excluded from G20 in 2026
    Simon's breaking news update for Newzroom Afrika, South Africa's top-rated TV news channel.
    26 November 2025, 11:19 pm
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