Siobhan Kennedy , Washington Correspondent
Siobhan Kennedy is the Washington Correspondent for Channel 4 News, based in DC.
Siobhan joined Channel 4 News in 2008 where, as Business Editor, she covered the financial crisis, austerity and its impact on the British economy and more recently, Brexit.
Before that, as a reporter for The Times, she worked as Politics and Business Correspondent and prior to that was a correspondent for Reuters in London and New York, where she covered the tech boom and bust and 9/11. She returns to the US just in time for the 2020 election campaign.
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US Secretary of State cancels China visit over alleged spy balloon
At first the Chinese refused to admit the balloon was theirs, then they said it was a meteorological airship that had blown off course.
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Tyre Nichols’ brutal death reignites racial justice and police reform debate in US
The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols has reignited a debate of racial justice and police reform, Memphis, Tennessee, has a dark history when it comes to racial violence.
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The curious case of congressman George Santos – and his almost entirely fictional life story
In last November’s US midterm elections, voters sent to Congress a man whose grandparents had fled the holocaust – who’d studied at some of New York’s most prestigious schools – and gone onto a career in banking.
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Tyre Nichols cries for mother in footage released of police attack
Traumatic video footage showing a man crying out for his mother as he’s attacked by Memphis police officers has been released – a day after all five of the former officers were charged with murder.
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Memphis police chief warns Tyre Nichols footage could be worse than Rodney King video
The police chief in Memphis, Tennessee has warned that bodycam footage of officers assaulting a motorist – who died three days later – could be even worse than the video of Rodney King attack which sparked riots across Los Angeles, over thirty years ago.
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Second mass shooting in California in three days heightens fears of copycat killings
Police have said that the gun used in a mass shooting in California last night was legally purchased.
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California shooting: Police try to determine motive of 72-year-old man
Investigators in California have been trying to determine what drove a 72-year-old man to kill ten people at a dance hall – before leading police on an hours-long manhunt across the Los Angeles area. The standoff ended when the gunman, identified as Huu Can Tran, took his own life. But the attack, which came during…
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Joe Biden’s personal poll ratings plunge after classified document scandal
Joe Biden says he has no regrets over the mishandling of classified documents during his time as vice president – but it has sent his personal approval rating plunging.
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Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter after Rust shooting
US prosecutors have said they will charge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
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Mount Washington: Why one of the worst weather locations on Earth is warming up
Extreme climate events, from floods to heatwaves are becoming ever more common – in fact the last nine years were the hottest on record, Nasa scientists have found.
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At least 17 dead and a state of emergency declared as extreme storms hit California
At least 17 people have lost their lives and a five year old boy is missing as a series of intense storms sweep through the US state of California.
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Third day without US House Speaker as Kevin McCarthy loses seventh vote
Infighting in the US Republican Party has reduced attempts to elect a new speaker to a farce that’s now dragged on into a third day.
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GOP crisis: McCarthy failing to convince Republicans after five Speaker votes
In the US, the House of Representatives has resumed its attempts to elect a Speaker of the House.
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Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker bid threatened by Republican rebels
Kevin McCarthy has failed to get enough support to win the first round of voting to become Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy heads home after historic address to US Congress
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading home after his historic address to the United States Congress where he was given a hero’s welcome as he appealed for continued military aid to speed up Ukraine’s victory.
