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Dana Kennedy, Senior Investigative Reporter

Dana Kennedy is a Senior Investigative Reporter on the Exclusives team who joined the Mail after five years at the New York Post. She is an award-winning reporter who has covered national stories ranging from the Murdaugh murders in South Carolina to the California wildfires. She embedded with ICE in Chicago and with the NYPD during the 2020 riots. She spent a decade as an anchor and correspondent at CNN, ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, as well as 10 years as a foreign correspondent based in Paris.

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Report claims Soros-linked charities funneled $40M for Mamdani's rise

31/10/25 08:33

Mamdani's campaign is facing allegations that it benefited from tens of millions of dollars in donations funneled from Soros-linked charities....read

Explosive report claims a network of charities connected to George Soros funneled $40M to support Zohran Mamdani's political rise in tax-dodging scheme
31/10/25 07:29
Mamdani's campaign is facing allegations that it benefited from tens of millions of dollars in donations funneled from Soros-linked charities.
Outrage as New York mayoral shoo-in Zohan Mamdani plans to bring back Bill de Blasio's boondoggle program to sub social workers for cops
24/10/25 06:29
The widely panned mental health initiative, ThriveNYC, that was brought forward by former mayor Bill de Blasio's wife could make a resurgence under mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's admin.
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Ex-con twin brothers with history of extremism and violence are now accused of leading Antifa mob against ICE in Chicago
20/10/25 08:15
Jeremy and Jason Hammond, 40, were both detained at an anti-ICE protest at a facility in Broadview, Illinois on September 26.
Sin City's shame: As tourists abandon Las Vegas, 1,500 forgotten 'Mole People' are left behind in rat-infested tunnels below the Strip
09/10/25 04:10
Tunnel dweller Natasha, originally from Anchorage, Alaska and just one of an estimated 1,500 people, many of whom are drug, alcohol, or gambling addicts, living under the glittering Las Vegas Strip.
Radio legend's daughter who 'falsely claimed' THREE men including The Bachelor star got her pregnant captured in shocking body cam footage
08/10/25 07:07
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Laura Owens, indicted for allegedly filing a false paternity claim against Bachelor star Clayton Echard, has also been tied to two lawsuits from former flings.
Report: Scandal at Christian school as student moves in with teacher, 47
24/09/25 12:02
The school has launched an investigation into the claims, its lawyer confirmed to the Daily Mail.
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Scandal erupts at Christian school as student moves in with teacher, 47... now his father claims she has 'destroyed' their family
23/09/25 07:06
The school has launched an investigation into the claims, its lawyer confirmed to the Daily Mail.
How right-wing commentators are turning on each other
19/09/25 07:45
They've gotten so big that X is on fire with savage infighting between some of the biggest names among right-wing influencers.
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War of the right-wing influencers: How internet stars Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson are turning on each other...and eclipsing TV heavyweights
19/09/25 04:09
They've gotten so big that X is on fire with savage infighting between some of the biggest names among right-wing influencers.
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Charlie Kirk's secret sister: Elusive 29-year-old has VERY surprising views... after meeting the 'light of her life'
15/09/25 05:46
Conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk was a teen outlier growing up in the heavily Democratic, left-leaning suburbs of northern Chicago.
The family secret that Minneapolis shooter's mother kept hidden for two decades
29/08/25 11:32
Mary Grace Westman, 67, who has so far refused to cooperate with police seeking information about her son, flew to Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon, within hours of the shocking attack.
Twisted secret network behind disturbed transgender Minneapolis school shooter - and they hunt for more teen victims every day
29/08/25 07:12
Despite coming from a typical healthy family, Robin Westman's horrific decision to shoot up a Minneapolis church full of children was inspired by online terror groups who exploit young people.
Did cheerleader drive a boy to MURDER? Family blame 'queen bee' daughter of cop for boy's killing as NINE kids are jailed
26/08/25 03:59
Trey Wright, 16, was murdered in the remote outpost of Johnsonville, South Carolina, on June 24 in a shooting that saw nine teens from the area arrested.
Heartbreaking final words revealed of boy killed in a petty teenage love triangle that has left SEVEN kids behind bars
20/08/25 05:54
The South Carolina mother who watched Trey Dean Wright, 16, gasp for breath as he lay dying outside her home believes jealousy sparked the fatal love triangle shooting in June.
Chicago pastor declares war on Obama's fledgling $830 million library empire project with his own center for opportunity: 'Not victims'
19/08/25 08:34
Reverend Corey Brooks is building the Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center in Chicago, just blocks from the construction site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
Obama's 'obscene monument to his ego' dramatically backfires as $850M vanity project sparks outrage
18/08/25 02:02
Barack Obama's promise to build and revitalize neighborhoods was a centerpiece of his first term in the White House.
Report: Howard Lutnick under fire for crypto deal
06/08/25 08:44
Billionaire Commerce Secretary Lutnick has long drawn scrutiny - and not just for his powerful role in government.
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Howard Lutnick under fire as his billion-dollar firm quietly cashed in on shady cryptocurrency before Trump named him commerce secretary
06/08/25 01:00
Billionaire Commerce Secretary Lutnick has long drawn scrutiny - and not just for his powerful role in government.
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Tom Cruise's new flame Ana de Armas faces Mission Impossible over demands of Scientology that drove Katie Holmes to call it quits
05/08/25 12:44
Ana de Armas, spotted near her Vermont home with Tom Cruise, is embarking on a relationship with the world's most famous Scientologist
Why WSU police chief refused to give Brian Kohberger a job after face-to-face meeting... months before he was caught for Idaho murders
18/07/25 12:33
WSU's campus police chief interviewed Brian Kohberger for a job while he was a criminology student.... months later he'd find out he was the Idaho 4 killer.
My daughter was murdered by Bryan Kohberger. I wasn't the best mother. But now I WILL fulfill her dying wish: Mom's transformation before face-off with killer
17/07/25 03:25
The long-troubled mother of a murdered University of Idaho student plans to be in court on July 23 for the sentencing of her killer Bryan Kohberger - and promises the world will see 'an entirely new person'.
Why Ethan Chapin's mother is GRATEFUL Bryan Kohberger will never face trial... as her two remaining triplets graduate from the same Idaho school
15/07/25 12:44
Ethan Chapin's surviving siblings, triplets Maizie and and Hunter, 23, chose to continue their studies and graduate from the University of Idaho despite their brother's horrifying murder in November 2022.
Diddy's mother Janice Combs opens up after bombshell verdict and reveals why she's not celebrating just yet
03/07/25 05:28
Sean 'Diddy' Combs escaped conviction on the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking case on Wednesday, but his mother isn't celebrating just yet, she told the Daily Mail.
Diddy's family reveal rapper's next move after stunning 'second chance' verdict
03/07/25 05:16
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' family expressed their excitement at the rapper's chance to start his life afresh after being found not guilty for the majority of the federal charges lodged against him.
Diddy's jubilant mom and kids break silence on shock verdict as Cassie holes up at NYC home
02/07/25 04:55
Diddy's overjoyed offspring gave an exclusive interview to Daily Mail moments after he was cleared of the most serious charges he faced.
Diddy's lawyers call verdict an 'enormous victory and win,' claim disgraced mogul 'will be able to sleep at night'
02/07/25 12:11
Lawyers representing Sean ' Diddy ' Combs declared the verdict in the disgraced music mogul's trial an 'enormous victory and win.'
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Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton reappears after DUI scandal with shocking new look as she zooms around on golf cart at lavish wedding
30/06/25 07:05
Olympic gold medalist Mary Loy Retton took a much-needed respite from her legal troubles surrounding her May DUI as she attended her daughter Emma Kelly's wedding on Sunday.
The unsettling symbol quietly creeping onto US state and city flags... as fears mount over what it may represent
29/06/25 12:28
At least 40 city and state flags have adopted or are considering new flag designs featuring the unfamiliar symbol that has rarely appeared in American iconography, if ever.
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Trump calls for firing of CNN reporter over Iran report
26/06/25 11:30
Donald Trump explodes at CNN's Natasha Bertrand, demanding she be 'fired' and 'thrown out like a dog' over her report claiming U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were a failure.
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She's his mortal enemy who he brands the 'propagandist-in-chief'. Now Trump wants her 'thrown out like a dog'
25/06/25 09:34
Donald Trump explodes at CNN's Natasha Bertrand, demanding she be 'fired' and 'thrown out like a dog' over her report claiming U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were a failure.
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Insiders reveal the mastermind behind Taylor Swift's lucrative career... a 'laser-focused strategist' hellbent on her success
20/06/25 05:20
As Taylor Swift faces having her deeply personal texts with Blake Lively exposed in court - one very protective figure is stepping in.

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