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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Bootleg Fire continues to rip through Oregon damaging livelihoods and causing thousands to evacuate
Forecasters in the United States say that dry and windy weather will continue to fuel wildfires.
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More than 70 wildfires burning across US west coast
Wildfires are once again ravaging the Western United States of America. Currently there are over 70 burning in multiple states – including one that has already burned over 200,000 acres in Oregon.
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Revealed: Facebook received millions for ads promoting fossil fuel
The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars promoting gas on Facebook and paying influencers on Instagram to champion it, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Revealed: Fossil fuel companies lobby UK government for gas ‘compromise’ ahead of COP26
Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have lobbied the UK government to support a gas “compromise” ahead of the COP26 UN conference, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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ExxonMobil lobbying tactics ‘used against’ climate legislation are ‘shameful’, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says
We spoke to leading Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and began by asking for her reaction to our ExxonMobil revelations.
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Bill Cosby: Actor’s sex assault conviction is overturned
The actor and comedian Bill Cosby is to be released from prison.
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Miami building collapse: Death toll rises as rescuers continue search for survivors
Another body was recovered overnight, raising the official death toll to 10, with more than 150 people still unaccounted for.
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Climate Crisis: ‘Apocalyptic’ heatwave and drought hit parts of US
A heatwave described as “apocalyptic” has hit the south-western states of America, pushing people and wildlife in the region to their limits.
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Biden wants to show US is reliable player in first foreign trip as president to UK
America is back, he said. As he makes his first foreign trip as president, Joe Biden is keen to emphasise his priorities – climate change, relations with Russia and China and the Covid vaccine. Tonight it’s being reported that the US is to buy 500 million Pfizer doses to donate internationally. The president is keen…
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Oil giant ExxonMobil faces shareholder rebellion and over climate change
A hedge fund with a tiny stake in the massive oil giant that is ExxonMobil has pulled off a boardroom coup by persuading Exxon shareholders to vote to put two new directors on the board.
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George Floyd’s family meet Biden on anniversary of his murder
The final moments of George Floyd’s life were brutal, killed by a police officer as he pleaded for his life, calling out “I can’t breathe”. His murder exactly a year ago today shocked the world and sparked a global uprising of people demanding racial justice. Those calls grew into deafening cries for equal rights from…
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US President Joe Biden faces criticism over his inaction over Israel-Gaza
We report on the latest from Washington
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Talk first – how one US police force was completely overhauled
Calls for defunding and reform of the police have echoed across America since the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer last summer. But what might that actually look like? As lawmakers attempt to construct legislation to bring about reform nationally, we have been to Camden in New Jersey, a city once riddled…
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Trump Facebook ban upheld by Oversight Board – for now
Does it feel like social media has all gone a bit quiet in recent months?
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US president Joe Biden pledges $6tn investment plan
In the US, President Biden has given his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
