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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Baby formula shortage: Parents face desperate search as shelves empty
Joe Biden has been criticised for failing to act sooner to address a critical shortage of baby formula that’s left supermarket shelves empty and parents scrambling for products.
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Biden: Finland and Sweden joining Nato has ‘complete backing’ of US
President Biden has been meeting the prime minister of Sweden and president of Finland at the White House.
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‘We have a right to be mad’ – son of Buffalo victim speaks
President Biden has visited the scene of this weekend’s racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York – declaring that “in America, evil will not win – white supremacy will not have the last word”.
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Buffalo shooting: Self-confessed white supremacist wanted to ‘take as many black lives as possible’
Residents living near the scene of this weekend’s racist massacre in Buffalo, New York, have gathered for a vigil to remember the10 people who died.
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Inside the last abortion clinic in Oklahoma
In the US, Democrats in the Senate have failed to get a bill passed that would enshrine women’s right to abortion in federal law. They were trying to combat the anticipated overturning by the Supreme Court of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that protected abortion rights for half a century. Meanwhile Republican-run states in…
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Depp v Heard: Tears as Amber Heard describes alleged abuse by former husband Johnny Depp
Amber Heard has been telling a court in Virginia about the moment her former husband Johnny Depp hit “rock bottom” over his drug and alcohol abuse – as she took the stand at his defamation trial for a second day.
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Roe v. Wade: Biden condemns ‘MAGA crowd’ over efforts to overturn abortion rights
Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade and rip up 50 years of abortion rights in the US, as a “direct assault on freedom”. States are already rushing to declare whether they would outlaw or protect abortion rights. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom claimed a…
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Roe v Wade: Leak suggests US Supreme Court may overturn abortion law
Joe Biden has said that he believes a woman’s right to choose is fundamental.
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US Congress considers Biden’s Ukraine aid request
The US Congress is set to consider a request from President Biden to endorse a new $33bn spending package for Ukraine.
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‘All terrorism is about the spread of hatred… If we hate, they win’, says brother of Islamic State victim David Haines
Alexanda Kotey was one of the so-called Beatles, an Islamic State cell of four British men that tortured and murdered mainly western hostages in the mid-2010s.
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Twitter user protection concerns amid $44bn Musk takeover
Britain and the EU have joined calls on Elon Musk to ensure Twitter users are protected from harmful content, after his $44 billion deal to take over the social media giant.
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Ukraine Russia conflict: Russia targets train stations as US says Putin is ‘failing’ in war aims
Russia has launched a series of attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, hitting railway stations in central and western Ukraine, hours after the US secretary of state and his defence secretary visited Kyiv to pledge more American support.
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Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: Actor gives evidence in defamation trial
Actor Johnny Depp has taken the stand again in his defamation trial against his former wife Amber Heard in Virginia.
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Actor Johnny Depp takes stand in defamation case against ex-wife
Actor Johnny Depp has taken the stand in his defamation case against his ex wife Amber Heard.
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Trial underway of British-born man accused of conspiracy to murder and hostage-taking in Syria
El Shafee Elsheikh, who’s been stripped of his British citizenship, has denied being a member of the group but admits to joining ISIS.
