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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Donald Trump reportedly wants to testify before January 6 committee
In the US, Donald Trump has reportedly said he would like to testify before the January 6 committee about the deadly attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
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Kwasi Kwarteng insists government position unchanged amid reports of tax U-turn
Behind closed Government doors, we understand talks are being held to abandon more of the Chancellor’s plans to cut taxes.
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Florida Hurricane: Rescue workers search for missing
President Biden has said Hurricane Ian could be the ‘deadliest’ hurricane in Florida’s history, causing a potentially ‘substantial’ loss of life. Rescue workers are searching for missing people on the Gulf Coast after Ian battered the coast with 150-mile-per-hour winds, causing widespread flooding and blackouts.
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Nasa’s Dart probe hits asteroid in hope to protect Earth
Now a crash isn’t usually something to celebrate, but last night Nasa did exactly that.
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Putin condemned at UN summit after latest “act of desperation”
At the United Nations general assembly – America’s secretary of state Antony Blinken urged all security council members to send Russia a clear message “that these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately”.
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Trump sued for fraud by NY Attorney General over family business
New York’s Attorney General has filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, alleging that he engaged in “years of financial fraud to enrich himself, his family and the Trump Organisation.”
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Russia has “shamelessly violated” the United Nations charter – President Biden
There’s been condemnation of the talk of nuclear strikes at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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World leaders gather for UN General Assembly for first time since pandemic
World leaders – including Russia’s foreign minister – are all in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Biden warns US democracy is under attack by ‘MAGA forces’ loyal to Trump
The US president Joe Biden has warned that American democracy is under attack – by what he called extremist “MAGA forces” loyal to his predecessor Donald Trump.
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Documents likely concealed at Trump’s Florida home, officials say
The US Department of Justice has said it had evidence that Donald Trump had hidden highly classified documents at his Florida home – and then lied about giving them back.
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Nasa Artemis Moon rocket launch delayed
The words of a Nasa official after the abortive attempt of its next generation moon rocket, Artemis, that was due to lift off this morning on its pioneering mission to the moon – 50 years after the first Apollo landing.
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Salman Rushdie: Author stabbed at event in New York state
The author Salman Rushdie is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed on stage at an event in upstate New York.
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Donald Trump refuses to testify in New York business investigation
On Monday, the FBI raided his Florida home.
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What now for Donald Trump – as his home is raided by FBI?
Donald Trump was on one of his golf courses in New York when he heard news that the FBI had descended on his lavish Florida home.
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US Senate passes landmark climate bill
The US Congress is on the verge of approving an historic package of measures to tackle climate change, after senators agreed a $370 billion bill to slash America’s greenhouse emissions and move the country away from fossil fuels to greener, renewable energy.
