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 ‘greatest threat’ to America’s republic, warns Dick Cheney
Republican Dick Cheney has weighed in on the current state of politics in the US elections with a warning that Donald Trump is the greatest threat to America’s republic in its entire history.
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Alex Jones defamation case reaching bizarre conclusion
In his prime, Alex Jones was the most listened to far-right conspiracy theorist in the USA.
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Kansas votes to protect abortion rights in state constitution
It was the first test at the ballot box since the US Supreme Court overturned a women’s right to an abortion, previously enshrined by the Roe v Wade case.
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China military on high-alert as US ‘plays with fire’ in Taiwan
The Chinese government has accused Washington of being “reckless” as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan with promises to support and defend the island. It has raised anger in Beijing which has warned Washington of serious consequences. Ms Pelosi is the highest ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in 25…
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‘It will define who we are’ – Merle Hoffman’s 50-year fight for abortion rights in America
Fifty years ago Merle Hoffman was on the frontline of the battle to secure legal abortions for American women – opening one of the first abortion clinics in the country.
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Crucial senator suddenly backs Biden’s climate and taxes bill
In America a deal with a single senator could now mean President Biden is able to pass climate legislation.
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Prosecutors investigate Trump’s role over January 6
Donald Trump was back in Washington last night for the first time since Joe Biden took over the presidency, unrepentant, defiant, repeating his false assertions that election fraud had cost him the White House in 2020. But today it’s been revealed that the Department of Justice is slowly closing in on the former president as…
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Jan 6 hearing: Trump said ‘I don’t want to say election is over’ in outtake
The January 6th hearings aired never-before-seen video of Donald Trump refusing to condemn the Capitol rioters.
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Joe Biden tests positive for Covid, experiencing ‘mild symptoms’
President Biden is isolating at the White House after testing positive for Covid-19, but his symptoms are said to be “very mild”.
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US Supreme Court delivers blow for climate action
In another blow to Joe Biden’s administration, the Supreme Court has curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to fight climate change.
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Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘madam’ sentenced to 20 years
The former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in jail in a New York federal court in her sex trafficking case. It’s been almost two years since she was arrested on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein groom and abuse underage girls. Maxwell apologised to the victims of her abuses and said…
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US abortion rights: Legal challenges after Roe v Wade ruling overturned
From legal challenges to street rallies, pro-choice campaigners are continuing to protest across America, after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down womens’ constitutional right to an abortion.
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Roe v Wade: Protests as Supreme Court overturns right to abortion
It was a decision that America knew was coming.
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Gun reform bill moves through US Senate – as Supreme Court block law limiting guns in public
For the first time in decades, new gun safety legislation has won support from Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate.
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January 6 hearings: Election workers on impact of being targeted by Trump
“There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere” – after Ruby Freeman from Georgia was falsely accused of voter fraud by President Trump, she and her daughter – both election workers – were subjected to a barrage of threats and racism.
