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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Democrats to focus on abuse of power as second day of Trump’s Senate impeachment hearing gets underway
The second day of arguments in President Trump’s impeachment case has begun in the US Senate – with the chair of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff continuing his case for the prosecution.
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Why is Trump on trial? – A really simple guide to impeachment
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has just begun – the third of its kind in US history. What has happened to get to this point and could he be removed from office?
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Prosecution case against Trump starts in impeachment trial
The annual Davos schmoozefest is a little quieter after President Trump left the scene this lunchtime.
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Trump impeachment trial begins
While Donald Trump was in snowy Davos, his impeachment trial was revving up back at home.
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US authorities braced for pro-gun rally in Virginia
The right to bear arms is always a politically fraught issue in America, especially during an election year.
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‘Trump knew exactly what was going on’ in Ukraine, Giuliani aide says
With the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court sworn in and the articles of impeachment exhibited in the Senate, the formal process of impeaching Donald Trump has begun.
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Trump to become third US President to face impeachment trial
In the past few hours, the US House of Representatives has begun the process of transmitting articles of Impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, meaning a trial over his removal could begin within days, Our Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy is in DC.
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US House to vote to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate
Donald Trump is one step closer to a historic trial in the Senate, where he’ll become the third US President to face a vote for removal.
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Boeing worker says 737 MAX ‘designed by clowns’
There’s more bad news for the embattled planemaker Boeing, whose jet crashed in Iran.
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Trump demands UK and others ‘break away’ from Iran nuclear deal
After praising US forces for last week’s drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Mr Trump demanded the UK and others walk away from the Iran nuclear deal.
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Pompeo says ‘imminent’ threat led to Soleimani killing
In America, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has again declined to give evidence of the “imminent” threat that led to the drone strike on General Soleimani – saying the President had been given “broad detail” of the intelligence.
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Trump aide unclear on targeting Iran cultural sites
In Washington, President Trump’s staff are again having to defend and explain his tweets. The latest? Threatening strikes on cultural sites across Iran.
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Democrats accuse Trump of ‘dangerous escalation’
Amid calls for restraint across the world, in Washington, leading Democrats called it a “dangerous escalation” which could leave the US on the brink of another major conflict .
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Impeachment: The Trial of President Donald J Trump will happen in the New Year
Now – a dubious honour for Donald Trump – who’s become only the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
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US House set to vote for Trump impeachment
He’s a man with a keen interest in securing his place in history. Now Donald Trump looks likely to achieve that goal – but for all the wrong reasons as he looks set to become just the third President in American history to be impeached.
