More from me on the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, this time for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report". 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886241...

Mine for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/w...

Here's the Stephen Colbert / James Talarico interview that the Trump administration tried to stop Americans from watching. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Mine on the death of Jesse Jackson, and the role he played in America's anti-apartheid movement during the Reagan/Thatcher era. For Newzroom Afrika TV in South Africa, with Xoli Mngambi anchoring. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886236...

My US roundup for "The Claire Byrne Show" on Ireland's Newstalk. Today, the Georgia Senator exciting Democrats, and the continuing hunt for Nancy Guthrie. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886236...

Lovely piece, this one.

America, 2026. CBS, 2026 latenighter.com/news/late-sh...

Trump: “I have nothing to hide. I've been exonerated. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein…I've been totally exonerated.”

In case you missed it, my natter last night with @nickabbot.bsky.social last night on @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886175...

Mine for The iPaper inews.co.uk/news/world/a...

“An inescapable force”.

Ah yes, Rubio's ‘love letter’ to Europe. Marco Rubio just gave JD Vance’s message a nicer suit: slam the door on migrants, rebrand exclusion as ‘heritage,’ and top it off with an ‘our way or the highway’ ultimatum— plus demand to stop bending to climate alarmism. 🤷‍♀️

Mandelson summoned to appear before House Oversight Committee on Epstein. My live update on the latest US news for Vanessa Feltz’s programme on the UK’s LBC 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886145...

Really worth noting the way the State Department is defining Rubio's Munich speech. A love letter to Europe it was not.

Must-see chat between Matt Frei and C4's Lindsey Hilsum earlier today on @lbc.co.uk youtu.be/Dgy3nqyVmcM?...

In Munich, Rubio makes a nicer speech than Vance last year, but a speech that is nonetheless threatening to European leaders. Mine with Matt Frei this morning for @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886136... #Rubio #Munich #Trump #news #simonmarks #lbc #NATO #MSC2026

Europe desperately wants the US to be Normal Again so it doesn’t actually have to engage with any of the hard work (and spending) that engaging with reality actually involves. So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.

Not at all clear why Rubio's speech in Munich would have fostered a "sigh of relief", as Wolfgang Ischinger claimed. Any "sigh of relief" would be a further act of delusion by those doing the sighing.

Oh. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

America, 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...

A reminder that backing “patriotic European parties” lies at the heart of official US government policy. This is the Trump apparatchik seeking to game the outcome of the UK’s next election.

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards. This week: Trump's racist post about the Obamas, Bondi's pure contempt for Congress, and other outrages. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886110...

This is all made up. Just a total fabrication top to bottom.

⏰

Not just American. This sets the whole world back, makes the most devastating effects of climate change more likely—in itself, and by encouraging other countries to follow suit. This piece of shit belongs in a home, preferably a locked one.

Mine for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/w...

Biggest Democratic scalp yet. Obama’s former White House counsel. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

In major win for big oil, Trump overturns landmark climate change finding, putting lives and American health at risk. Mine with @benkentish.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886078...

Mine for @iaindale.bsky.social's programme on @lbc.co.uk after the BBC were told to prepare fully for Trump's lawsuit over Panorama. Trial starts next February. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886068...

Trump's border czar announces end to "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis. Mine on Trump’s belated U-turn, for Radio New Zealand’s “Morning Report” with Ingrid Hipkiss presenting. audioboom.com/posts/886060...

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

Unprecedented disdain shown by the AG Bondi to the Constitution, Congress and the Epstein victims. Plus, stunning news from the Gallup polling company, as American democracy withers. Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886020... #Epstein #Bondi #Trump #Gallup

Here's another poll the folks at Gallup are also presumably about to bin. apnews.com/article/poll...

Obviously. thehill.com/homenews/med...

BREAKING: Pam Bondi appears to have just committed a federal crime by lying under oath. Ted lieu just caught her in a lie and called for her resignation live on TV.

Classic of the genre.

Shameful scenes on Capitol Hill as Bondi stonewalls during Congressional hearing on Epstein. Mine with @tomswarbrick.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886009... #Epstein #Bondi #Trump #Democrats #news #lbc #simonmarks

Bondi testifies on Capitol Hill while Netanyahu visits Trump in the White House. Mine with Shelagh Fogarty on LBC. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/886000...

Fox News notably NOT covering the Bondi brawl live. Going with wall-to-wall Nancy Guthrie coverage instead.

Brave effort by Jayapal. But it again reveals the lunacy of the rules that govern Congressional hearings (and have done under successive administrations). Pastiche of a democracy, this one.

Wow........

My US news roundup earlier with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the UK’s @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885995...

At the urging of my office, the FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace. I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.

Oh.

NBC News poll “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the issue of border security and immigration?” JUNE 2025 51% approve 49% disapprove FEBRUARY 2026 40% approve 60% disapprove A 15-point rise for “strongly disapprove.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...