Simon Marks

President Donald Trump is back in Washington after a visit to California to see the destruction of the massive forest fires on the West Coast. This morning he presided over the signing of a peace… Audio

Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis is coming under renewed pressure.

Trump knew just how dire Covid-19 would be back in February - even though his public messages portrayed the… Audio

To the US where they are exactly 8 weeks out from their presidential election and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is still ahead in many polls - but - as Donald Trump proved in 2016, that… Audio

Donald Trump is on the ground in Kenosha, despite local politicians asking him not to come.

Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Corin Dann. Audio

We begin in US, where President Trump is on his way to the flashpoint of recent unrest, Kenosha Wisconsin. It's been just over a week since unarmed black man Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven… Audio

President Donald Trump says federal law enforcement will be sent to Kenosha and already Wisconsin's Governor has authorized deployment of 500 state national guard members to support law enforcement.

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To the US, where the Republican Party's presidential election year convention kicked off yesterday, with President Donald Trump accepting the party's nomination. The Convention takes place over four… Audio

Former Trump adviser and campaign manager, Steve Bannon, has been charged with fraud.

The US Department of Justice has accused Bannon of defrauding a fundraising campaign to build a wall between the… Audio

We begin with in the US where Steve Bannon - President Trump's former chief strategist has been arrested and charged with fraud. For more on this breaking news story, Indira was joined by our… Audio

The 2020 Democratic National Convention kicked off yesterday afternoon. The event, which takes place each election year, provides a platform to promote and then formally nominate, the party's choice… Audio

The Democrats are holding their national convention this week - but it's not a convention as you'd know it.

Gone are the balloons and the big crowds and hoopla of old.

Instead the convention is… Audio

President Donald Trump has condemned universal mail voting claiming it will take 'months' or 'years' to know the election result.

Many Americans are in favour of a postal voting system due to… Audio

Let's cross now to the USA where presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden is expected to pick his running mate sometime within the next 24 hours. Traditionally, vice-presidential… Audio

There are just 100 days left now until America's Presidential election on 3 November.

President Trump has been spending the weekend at his golf club in New Jersey, battered by a series of polls that… Audio

The crisp British tones of today's Bookmarks guest, will be familiar, it's Simon Marks. He's a regular on RNZ as President and Chief Correspondent of Feature Story News (FSN) which he set up almost 30… Audio

Strict lockdown rules have been brought in for the US state of California.

Schools, hairdressers and religious institutions have been shut.

US correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Philippa Tolley. Audio

The US supreme court this morning ruled that president Donald Trump is not immune to prosecution over his tax returns.

Seven judges to two agreed that a New York prosecutor can obtain President… Audio

To the US, where President Donald Trump has been ordered by the Supreme Court to release his financial records to be examined by prosecutors in the state of New York. But the ruling stopped short of… Audio