Divided States is the American politics podcast from Sky News looking at all the issues that divide the most powerful country on the planet.
Hillary Clinton has testified under oath in a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, questioned about Jeffrey Epstein and the powerful network around him. She has denied that she had any knowledge of Epstein's crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him, flying on his plane, or visiting any of his properties.
At the same time, US and Iranian officials meet in Geneva for delicate nuclear talks, negotiations unfolding as Trump beefs up America’s military presence in the Middle East.
Plus, a stunning development in the global media industry as Netflix bows out of a bid to buy Warner Brothers which will instead be swallowed instead by a pal of the president. Mark and James explain.
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It’s Donald Trump’s State of the Union address day - the big blockbuster moment in American politics when all three branches of power meet to hear the president give his annual reflections on how America is faring.
It’s the biggest speech of the year for any president.
Nearly two hours - the longest state of the union ever recorded.
On the podcast today: What did he say, what happened when tempers flared between the Democrats and Trump, and why does it all matter.
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Peter Mandelson - arrested. The fall from grace complete as he goes from US ambassador to the back of a police car in the space of six months.
Plus - the fallout from that blockbuster Supreme Court decision on Friday that ruled Donald Trump’s tariffs are constitutionally illegal.
Safe to say, the president has gone ballistic.
And Kash Patel steals the headlines at the ice hockey, the president bizarrely deploys a hospital ship to Greenland, and US-Iran tensions rage on.
A bumper episode.
Mandelson has previously denied any criminal wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The story of the year?
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, arrested by Thames Valley Police on allegations of misconduct in office, after documents unearthed in the release of the Epstein files.
We’ve been gauging US reaction to it - and spoke to a congressman who’s said he’ll fly to the UK to hear Andrew’s testimony over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denies any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
Plus - we reflect on the variety show that was Donald Trump’s inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington DC.
The board meeting came as reports swirl that the president plans to launch a full-blown war against Iran in the immediate future.
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A civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Americans grieve a man who helped shape modern America.
Donald Trump weighs in - and gets political. Why?
In Geneva, American and Iranian officials attempt to thrash out a nuclear deal. There are optimistic noises… but POTUS and the supreme leader are still fire warning shots at one another.
And a row breaks out over a late night chat show interview pulled by CBS. Critics say the network is kowtowing to the administration.
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James Matthews and David Blevins dip into the mailbag on Presidents' Day.
With ICE still on the streets, is it safe to visit the US in the summer for the FIFA World Cup?
Seamus Culleton, the Irishman David met last week who’s in ICE detention, has had some skeletons back home unearthed since his detention in Texas became public.
But does that change anything?
And the Epstein Files - where are the missing 175 million documents?
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Trump ditches global scientific orthodoxy and tells Americans that greenhouses gases aren’t bad.
US limits to them are now gone. Studies show tens of thousands of people could die as a consequence.
Why has he made this potentially legacy defining decision?
Plus - America’s top cop will not look survivors of Epstein’s crimes in the eye. Her hearing in front of Congress raises many people’s eyebrows. We digest it all.
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Watch Mark’s work on shark migration due to global warming, and his reporting on American methane hunters.
And James’s piece with the Native American tribe of the can be found by clicking this link.
We speak to Seamus Culleton, who has been stuck in a 70-person jail cell in a Texas detention centre.
He’s been in the US since 2009. He’s married to an American. He’s never had so much as a parking ticket.
What happened to Trump’s plan to deport only the "worst of the worst"?
Plus - is the day Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor testifies in Congress getting closer? Mark Stone speaks to Virginia Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts.
And one of Trump’s cabinet members is under fire after being caught lying about his meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vigorously denies any allegations of wrongdoing in relation to Virginia Giuffre.
A congressman tells us the British monarchy has questions to answer over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The King and Queen in America’s sights - what does this mean?
That’s all as Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link to testify over the Epstein files.
Elsewhere - the fallout over the half-time show at the Super Bowl and Trump’s racist Truth Social post on Friday.
Plus - have we just been introduced to a new frontrunner for the next president of the US?
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vigorously denies any allegations of wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
Martha Kelner joins us from Tucson, Arizona, where she is following an extraordinary story - the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of one of America’s best known TV personalities.
Americans are gripped by the story - the president included.
Plus - Donald Trump makes another U-turn, this time on the Chagos Islands. That’s after productive conversations with beleaguered UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
And job cuts at the paper that coined the phrase "democracy dies in darkness". At The Washington Post, it’s darkness 1, democracy nil.
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The President, citing widespread corruption, wants Republicans to be in control of elections. It would be a major violation of Article I of the US Constitution.
There is no evidence of any electoral fraud.
Could Donald Trump really be about to defy the very foundations America is built upon?
Plus - Trump greets Colombian president, and longtime foe, Gustavo Petro at the White House. What happened when they met?
Meanwhile, a US fighter jet shoots down an Iranian drone over the Arabian sea - are we one step closer to US-Iran conflict?
Former US ambassador Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords over the brewing Epstein scandal.
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