- Maxim.com named her one of the hottest news anchors in 2008. Irish American magazine named her as one of the top 100 influential Irish Americans.
- Lives in Manhattan.
- Her father came from Sligo and her mother's clan hailed from Belfast. She took up Irish dancing at age five and danced competitively until injuries ended her dance career at 18.
- Graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia. Received a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and was named an Emmerich-Wright scholar for an outstanding thesis. She also received a B.A. in Middle East Studies with a minor in Arabic language. As a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar, she studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
- CBS News White House correspondent [2017].
- Is a member of the Gridiron Club.
- General assignment reporter for CNBC. Began her business news career at CNBC as a producer for Louis Rukeyser.
- Left CNBC in June, 2009 for Bloomberg News.
- In July 2012, Brennan joined CBS News as a State Department correspondent based in Washington, D. C. She is also a substitute anchor on the CBS Evening News.
- Brennan first met her future husband Yado Yakub at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1998 and they began dating in 2013 before getting married on April 11, 2015 in Washington D.C.
- Has a son, Eamon Brennan Yakub (b. September 11, 2018 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.), with her husband Yado Yakub.
- CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent.
- Born on March 26, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut.
- Mother, with husband Yado Yakub, of son Malek Murphy Yakub, born on May 2, 2021.
- CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent [2021].
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