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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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.
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President Biden to release strategic oil reserves to bring down fuel costs
If Britain seems to be struggling about what to do about the energy crisis, the US is taking decisive action.
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Impact of invasion on New York’s Little Odesa
Odesa in Ukraine, has a namesake thousands of miles away – Little Odesa in New York.
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North Korea tests its ‘largest intercontinental ballistic missile’
There has been strong condemnation by the US and its allies after North Korea tested its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile with the help of a propaganda film featuring leader Kim Jong-un in a leather jacket and sunglasses, overseeing the launch to a musical accompaniment.
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Biden travelling to Europe for Nato summit on Russia
President Biden is on his way to Europe for a summit of Nato leaders tomorrow. On the agenda is beefing up support not just to Ukraine, but to all countries deemed to be at risk from Russian pressure.
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Ukraine: Biden and Xi agree war must end as soon as possible
The US and Chinese presidents talked for the first time this year, and it seems, they both told each other that the war in Ukraine must end as soon as possible.
