Kent is a reporter and news anchor for WORLD Radio. He spent nearly two decades in Christian and news/talk radio before joining WORLD in 2012. He resides in Atlanta, Ga.
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Japanese Prime Minister meets face-to-face with President Joe Biden; Russian forces retreat around Bakhmut; lawmakers on Capitol Hill hear from FBI whistleblowers; the Supreme Court sidesteps an internet question; Walmart reports strong returns amid a rough retail environment; and U.S. regulators say millions of drivers may be at risk
President Biden attends G7 Summit in Japan; Montana bans TikTok; a new report points to a Chinese lab leak as source of COVID-19; North Carolina lawmakers overturn the governor's veto of a new pro-life law; Florida to send reinforcements to the Southern border; Ecuadorian President dissolves the country’s legislature; and the NRA sues the state of Maryland.
Possible progress toward a debt ceiling deal in Washington; artificial intelligence expert warns U.S. Senate about the risks of AI; lawmakers grill executives from two failed banks; U.S. spending up slightly; European leaders to discuss alleged human rights violations during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and police identify New Mexico shooter
Special Counsel John Durham says the FBI’s probe into Trump-Russian collusion failed to uphold the law; The State Department reports that religious freedom around the world is under attack; Ukrainian President Zelensky visits London for a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak; Russia is looking to buy more suicide drones from Iran; Trump attacks DeSantis for being too harsh as a pro-lifer; Border Patrol agents apprehend an Afghan man on the FBI’s terror watch list near San Diego; and Turkey’s presidential election is headed to a runoff after neither candidate won a majority of votes cast
Border crossings dip following Title 42 rule’s expiration, but surge is expected; the Biden Administration wants to release asylum seekers into the United States; increased rainfall in Texas makes crossing the Rio Grande river border more dangerous for migrants; Biden is set to meet with Congressional leaders this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling; NC legislature is set to override the governor’s veto of a pro-life bill; Fragile ceasefire achieved between Israel and Gaza; and SpaceX launches 60 new satellites into space
Title 42 has ended; Republicans pass a border policy bill in the House unlikely to pass the Senate; DeSantis signs a sweeping immigration bill into law; House lawmakers draw fire from the White House after making informed allegations about Biden family business dealings; the EPA proposes new rules to limit coal and gas power plants; and fighting continues between Israel and Islamic militants in Gaza
Massive surge in migrants crossing the border expected after Title 42 ends today; Donald Trump does a CNN town hall event; George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 charges brought against him by federal investigators; Biden slams the House Republican bill to raise the debt ceiling and slim down spending increases; consumer price inflation rose in April; Egypt seeks to broker a cease fire between Israel and Palestinian forces in the Gaza Strip
Biden’s meeting with Congressional leaders did not end in a debt ceiling deal, leaving lawmakers in limbo as the U.S. is on pace to run out of cash in just a couple weeks; A New York jury has found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll; 500 U.S. troops have arrived at the border ahead of an expected migrant surge after Title 42 expires on Thursday; The Pentagon announces a new $1.2 billion aid package for Ukraine; The Justice Department says it has disrupted a Russian cyber-espionage campaign targeting NATO; Israeli forces killed three Islamic militant leaders in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and retaliatory attacks from Hamas are anticipated; and Bud Light sales plunged 21.4% in April, following transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s promotion of the brand sparked backlash
Arizona’s Democratic governor Katie Hobbs calls out the Biden Administration for setting local governments up to bear the brunt of a looming migrant surge once Title 42 ends on Thursday; Authorities in Brownsville, Texas, charge Georg Alaverez with manslaughter after he plowed through a group of migrants on Sunday; A government union sues Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen after she claims the ability to decide which debts the US will pay in the event of a default; Russian swarm of drones bombards Kyiv; the Biden Administration proposes rule that will require airlines to absorb customer costs of canceled flights; and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee announces he is holding Secretary of State Tony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not handing over documents related to the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Russia accuses the US of an alleged drone strike at the Kremlin, which the US government vehemently denies; The White House says it’s prepared for a migrant surge after Title 42 expires, but some Republicans beg to differ; Kamala Harris meets with AI industry leaders to discuss setting up research groups to study the impacts of AI tools; a porn industry group sues Utah over age verification law; multiple states pass abortion laws—both for and against; a Washington D.C. jury sentences four leaders of the Proud Boys with seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the Capitol riot of January 6th, 2021
