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.
Freezing cold with a larger population of pigs than people, rural Iowa can make or break a presidential campaign. And Donald Trump has taken a significant step towards becoming the Republican Party presidential candidate with a record win in the state’s caucuses.
The 2024 US presidential campaign kicks off in earnest tonight. Voters will meet for the Iowa caucus – an arcane event that marks the start of the long process to decide who will become the Republican party’s nominee.
In Washington, President Biden said he would “not hesitate” to order further military action if the Houthis continued to attack vessels in the Red Sea – as other countries warned against the risk of widening the conflict.
An appeals court in Washington DC has begun hearing a landmark case to decide whether Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution.
Shares in Boeing have tumbled by nine percent after America’s aviation watchdog ordered dozens of their 737 Max aircraft to be grounded for urgent inspections.
Prince Andrew and the former US president Bill Clinton are among a number of high profile figures whose names featured in newly released court files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In the US, pressure is growing on President Biden to rein in Israel’s offensive.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington trying to salvage billions of dollars in US aid.
Senate leaders have vowed to keep trying to reach an agreement – before Congress breaks next week.
The US House of Representatives has voted to expel the Republican congressman George Santos – who’s been charged with a series of crimes and ethics violations. One Democrat described him as a “shameless liar and a disgrace to mankind”.
He was one of the world’s most powerful and most controversial diplomats – celebrated and reviled in equal measure. Former US secretary of State Henry Kissenger, the man who shaped America’s Cold War policy – has died at the age of a hundred.
Donald Trump might look as if he’s got the Republican presidential nomination in the bag – but former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is determined to put up a challenge.
President Biden has hailed what he called “substantial progress” after four hours of talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping, on the fringes of a global trade summit in San Francisco.
Donald Trump was conspicuous by his absence, as his rival Republican presidential hopefuls staged their third primary debate, discussing everything from Russia’s war in Ukraine to abortion rights.
In the United States, the Democrats have been celebrating a series of election victories across the country – including Ohio, where voters overwhelmingly backed access to abortion.