Simon Marks

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johns revealed a surprising lack of foreign policy knowledge when he asked an interviewer "what's Aleppo"? Our Washington correspondent Simon Marks talks us… Audio

Donald Trump promises to spend up large rebuilding America's military. He wants a bigger army and more ships. Audio

Donald Trump appears to have wiped out the lead enjoyed by his presidential rival Hillary Clinton according to the latest opinion polls. Audio

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump is in Mexico for a hastily arranged meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto. Audio

Former United States congressman Anthony Weiner has once again been caught in a sexting scandal. Audio

The US Secret Service has spoken to Donald Trump about his comments on gun rights and what some say was his inciting of violence against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Audio

The Democrats are claiming that Donald Trump has violently threatened Hillary Clinton. Our correspondent Simon Marks is in Washington Audio

Melania Trump's making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Naked pictures of Donald Trump's wife have been published in the New York Post, with headlines "menage a trump" and "the ogle office". Audio

Donald Trump has used Twitter to criticize the Khan family while the suddenly famous parents of a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in Iraq were talking about him on CNN. Audio

The Republican US presidential candidate, Donald Trump, says he was being sarcastic when he said Russia should look for thousands of e-mails his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, deleted from a… Audio

Donald Trump says thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails were missing when the FBI investigated her email system, and if the Russians can find them, they should do America a favour and publish them. Audio

Nate Silver, perhaps the world's most famous political forecaster who predicted with almost spooky accuracy the result of the last American election, has a new prediction: If an election were held… Audio

We cross live to correspondent, Simon Marks at the Democrats Convention in Philadelphia. Audio

Hillary Clinton promises a unified Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia but as it's about to get under way, Bernie Sanders gets booed by his supporters when he tells them America must have a… Audio

Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned amid a furor over leaked emails showing party officials plotting against Bernie Sanders during the primary campaign. Our… Audio

Republican failed presidential candidate, Ted Cruz, is refusing to back down on his refusal to endorse Donald Trump. We cross to Cleveland for the latest from our US correspondent, Simon Marks. Audio

Melania Trump's speechwriter says sorry but keeps her job as Donald Trump turns down her resignation offer. Audio

Correspondent Simon Marks reports from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where Trump was today named the Republican nominee. Audio