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July 17, 2026 - "American Week": Trump advances his plans to undermine midterm elections
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for LBC's Friday night drivetime programme...this week presented by Simon.
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499
July 13, 2026 - Remembering Lindsey Graham, 1955 - 2026
Simon's thoughts on the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. For LBC.
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July 10, 2026 - "American Week": Trump tries to rig the World Cup
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for LBC, this week via Clive Bull's programme. Listen every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards.
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497
July 9, 2026 - US strikes 90 targets across Iran after Trump calls regime "scum"
Simon's live update for Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on the UK's LBC.
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496
July 4, 2026 - On America's 250th birthday, Trump warns communism is on the march
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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495
July 3, 2026 - "American Week": America in muted mood on its 250th birthday eve
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the 250-year-old 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.
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494
July 1, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump suffers big Supreme Court loss over birthright citizenship
Simon's live update with Lewis Goodall on LBC.
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493
June 26, 2026 - "American Week": Trump takes a first crack at Burnham, while Democratic Socialists challenge their party's elite
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the USA for LBC's Friday night drivetime programme, this week presented by Ben Kentish. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on-demand afterwards.This week:--Trump gives Burnham a kicking while also giving Starmer a kicking;--NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte prostrates himself before Trump again;--left-wing Democrats romp to victory in primary elections;--America's 250th birthday celebrations get off to a lukewarm start.
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492
June 20, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump's deal with Iran under strain
Simon's live roundup of events in the United States for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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491
June 19, 2026 - "American Week": Trump capitulates to Iran
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday night drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. This week: Trump capitulates to Iran, and offers them the possibility of an eventual $300 billion payday.
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490
June 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump "loves the inflation", and is "thunderously booed" in New York
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for LBC's Friday drivetime programme. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm, or find it here on-demand afterwards.
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489
June 11, 2026 - Bill Gates tells Congress that Epstein tried to blackmail him
Simon's live update for The Claire Byrne Show on Ireland's Newstalk.
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488
June 11, 2026 - US fires 49 Tomahawk missiles at Iran, saying it will "negotiate with bombs"
Simon's live update for Monocle Radio's "The Globalist", with Emma Nelson presenting.
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487
June 10, 2026 - Trump launches military reprisals against Iran, risking ceasefire talks
Simon's live update for "Nick Ferrari At Breakfast" on the UK's LBC.
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486
May 7, 2026 - US Roundup: Iran launches attacks on Israel on 100th day of conflict
Simon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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485
June 5, 2026 - "American Week": Trump "bored" by Iran negotiations while his family coins it
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States (and this week, also in Albania) 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 says Iran peace talks have "bored" him;--Rubio claims the war is over when it isn't;--Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner acquire an Albanian island, and spark furious protests in Tirana.
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484
June 3, 2026 - Meltdown at CBS News amid fresh allegations of pro-Trump interference
Simon'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
Simon's latest update for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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482
May 29, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's stability questioned over Iran talks, and Jill Biden rakes over old coals
Simon'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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481
May 24, 2026 - Republican Senators fear Trump's Iran plan amounts to "surrender"
Simon's live update for Henry Riley's Sunday afternoon programme on the UK's LBC.
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480
May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Suspect in White House shooting killed by Secret Service
Simon's live update for Clive Bull's overnight programme on the UK's LBC.
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479
May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: White House under security lockdown after reports of gunfire
Simon'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"
Simon'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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477
May 20, 2026 - US indicts Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, on murder charges
Simon'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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476
May 20, 2026 - Trump successfully purges "traitors" in Republican primaries, and reveals his "ballroom" is really a bunker
Simon's live update James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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475
May 19, 2026 - Trump reveals his ballroom will in fact be an impenetrable military bunker
Simon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.
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474
May 19, 2026 - Trump plans $1.776 billion fund to funnel taxpayer money to his mates over "lawfare" claims
Simon's live update for James O'Brien's morning programme on LBC. Today:-- Trump TACOs over Iran...again-- Trump's audacious plan to funnel taxpayer cash to his mates-- And it's a big night in Kentucky Republican politics.
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473
May 18, 2026 - 5 dead, including two teenage suspects, after attack on San Diego Islamic Centre
Simon's live update for Ben Kentish's late night programme on the UK's LBC.
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472
May 18, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shooting at Islamic Centre of San Diego
Simon's live update for the UK's rolling news station, LBC News, with James Hanson presenting.
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471
May 16, 2026 - Trump returns from Beijing, indicating possible shift in US support for Taiwan
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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470
May 15, 2026 - "American Week": Trump goes to China as Xi draws a Taiwanese line in the sand
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 catch-up afterwards.This week: Trump goes to China in search of vast trade deals, but brings very little back after getting a flea in his ear over Taiwan.
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469
May 13, 2026 - Trump arrives in China for crucial Beijing summit with Xi
Simon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.
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468
May 10, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump rejects Iranian response to peace proposals as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE"
Simon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme. Listen live every week at 0045am or find it here on demand afterwards.
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467
May 9, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump congratulates Swinney on re-election, but so far not a word about Starmer or Farage
Simon's live update from Washington for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC. Today: US reaction to Britain's local, Scottish and Welsh elections. Plus the latest on Iran, the President's upcoming trip to China, and is Marco Rubio the man to watch for 2028?
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466
May 7, 2026 - Cometh the hour, cometh the Rubio?
Simon's live update for LBC's "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the sudden interest in Marco Rubio as a possible Trump successor.
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465
May 6, 2026 - Trump suggests agreement is nearing with Iran, as possible "one-pager" mooted to resolve war
Simon's live update for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.
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464
May 5, 2026 - Trump insists Iran ceasefire is holding, but events in the Strait of Hormuz suggest it is not
Simon's live update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.
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463
May 5, 2026 - Trump's gambit over Hormuz backfires, and he sparks a trade setback with the UK
Simon's latest roundup with James O'Brien on the UK's LBC.
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462
May 4, 2026 - US denies Iran struck an American warship as Trump's "Project Freedom" gets underway
Simon's live chat with Lewis Goodall on the UK's LBC.
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May 3, 2026 - US Roundup: Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in hospital
Simon's live roundup for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme. Listen live every week at 0045 UK time, or find it here on-demand afterwards.
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460
May 2, 2026 - U.S. Roundup: Trump orders drawdown of US troops to punish Chancellor Merz for telling the truth about Iran
Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.
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459
May 1, 2026 - "American Week": Important though it was, the State Visit was not America's most consequential event this week
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, the King and Queen beguile Americans and deliver a pointed message in the direction of Donald Trump. And the Supreme Court sets the stage for electoral chaos in America later this year.
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458
April 28, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: New UK Ambassador to US says America's "special relationship" is with Israel, not the UK
Simon's live breaking news update on an extraordinary scoop about new UK Ambassador Sir Christian Turner, published by the Financial Times just one hour before King Charles was due at the White House for the official ceremony marking the start of his State Visit to the United States.
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457
April 28, 2026 - State Visit begins, as the King prepares to address Congress
Simon's live update with James Max on LBC.
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April 28, 2026 - King and Queen arrive in Washington, but can they save the UK-US relationship?
Simon's report on the four day State Visit that got underway on Monday, and the prospects for a "win", whatever that looks like. For Monocle Radio's "The Globalist" presented by Georgina Godwin.
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455
April 27, 2026 - King and Queen arrive in US today as Trump asserts "I'm not a rapist"
Simon's live update from Washington after a disquieting weekend. With James O'Brien on LBC.
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April 26, 2026 - "I'm not a rapist", Trump tells CBS 60 Minutes in response to WHCD suspect's 'manifesto'
Simon's live update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night / Monday morning programme on LBC. Tonight, a stunning exchange between President Trump and one of America's top news anchors in the aftermath of the attempt to attack White House Correspondents Dinner at the Hilton in Washington.
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453
April 26, 2026 - Authorities say Hilton attack suspect was "likely" trying to kill Trump and other U.S. officials
Simon's live update from Washington for LBC with Ranvir Singh presenting.
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452
April 26, 2026 - Investigation unearths "manifesto" by Hilton attack suspect , but questions mount about security procedures
Simon's live update on the investigation into Saturday night's attempted attack on the "Hinckley Hilton" as President Trump was in the ballroom for the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. With Henry Riley on the UK's LBC.
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April 25, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner - Part Three
Simon's continuing live coverage of events in Washington DC, with instant analysis of President Trump's comments in the White House briefing room following his return from the Hilton hotel.
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