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Siobhan Kennedy

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Washington Correspondent at Channel 4 News

Washington Correspondent Channel 4 News.

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  • 2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy

    President Trump has suggested he would support the arrest of California’s Governor. Gavin Newsom – who’s a Presidential contender for the Democrats – is suing the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard in LA to quell protests sparked by immigration raids across the city. Donald Trump has doubled down on that decision, saying if he hadn’t, Los Angeles would have been “completely obliterated”. But he’s been accused of inflaming tensions for political gain.

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy

    Elon – we have a problem! Donald Trump is selling his once beloved Tesla. Although later he told one journalist he wasn’t even thinking about the billionaire tycoon. Not even one bit. His former mentor Steve Bannon, never a Musk fan, even called for the South African born billionaire to be deported. For his part Mr. Musk has been strangely muted today reposting veiled insults. But these billionaires don’t really do quiet.

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy

    President Trump has been meeting the new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the White House. Later on, he hosted one of his now famed Oval Office question and answer sessions about the talks.

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy

    Much has been made of the cooling of the bromance between President Trump and Elon Musk. Things have reached a new low with Mr Musk voicing more objections to the president’s upcoming tax cutting ‘big beautiful bill’ – accusing him of driving the US into ‘debt slavery’. Today the House Speaker Mike Johnson piled in saying Mr Musk’s criticisms of the bill are ‘flat wrong.’

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Siobhan Kennedy

    First the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation resigned, saying the operation could not adhere to “humanitarian principles”. Now the Boston Consulting Group, which helped establish the US and Israeli-backed aid distribution mechanism, is also jumping ship.

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siobhan kennedy @siobhankennedy4
5 Jun 25

Trump confirms break in relationship with Musk as he speaks about him in the past tense and says the reason Musk is lashing out now is because Trump’s bill cuts billions of dollars in subsidies to electric vehicles. “Elon and I had a great relationship…I’m very disappointed in

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siobhan kennedy @siobhankennedy4
3 Jun 25

According to the latest White House executive order on increased steel/AL tariffs due to kick in tomorrow - the UK is exempt. It will NOT have its steel tariffs increased from 25pct to 50pct like everyone else. Tho this could change in the future - after July 9th - if the UK Is

siobhan kennedy
siobhan kennedy @siobhankennedy4
3 Jun 25

Safely out of the White House, @elonmusk makes it abundantly clear what he thinks of the President’s new spending bill…..

Elon Musk
Elon Musk @elonmusk

I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.