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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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
The Biden Administration works with Mexico to prepare for a surge of migrants following the end of Title 42; Russia claims Ukrainian drones attacked the Kremlin in an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin; Senate leader Chuck Schumer demands Republicans raise the debt ceiling without making spending cuts; The Fed raises interest rates another quarter point; Authorities apprehend the shooter responsible for killing five of his neighbors near Houston; and a 13-year-old boy in Serbia shoots and kills nine people at his school
President Biden is deploying troops to the border ahead of the end of Title 42 next week; Senate Democrats hold a hearing to evaluate Supreme Court ethics; Senate Republicans say Anthony Blinken lied under oath about communicating with Hunter Biden; the number of open jobs in the US is falling; Vermont passes law to let terminally ill people from other states pursue medical suicide; and scriptwriters’ union in Hollywood goes on strike
Biden invites Kevin McCarthy to the White House for a meeting on raising the debt ceiling; JPMorgan Chase buys First Republic Bank at auction; U.S. Intelligence indicates that 100,000 Russians have died in the Ukraine conflict since December; Ron DeSantis signs law to give child rapists the death penalty; A Missouri judge temporarily blocks a regulation that would protect adults and children from transgender procedures; and the manhunt for a shooter in Texas continues as more details about Francisco Oropeza emerge
Rival generals in Sudan agree to extend ceasefire as Americans and other foreign nationals are evacuated; President Biden hosts the leader of the Philippines amidst rising tension with China; Russian missiles strike Ukrainian apartment building and a suspected drone strike sparks a fire at a Russian oil depot in Crimea; President Biden still won’t negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling; A shooter who killed five people is on the run from the law; First Republic Bank has a new owner; and The Super Mario Bros. powers up past $1 billion globally
The Biden Administration announces plan to handle immigration after Title 42 ends in May; South Korea’s President Yoon addresses joint session of Congress; Economic growth is slowing in the US; The Department of Justice sues Tennessee over the state’s law protecting minors from transgender procedures; DeSantis doesn’t take Disney’s lawsuit seriously; and Jerry Springer has died at age 79
Biden issues warning to North Korea during visit from South Korean President; The House passes a debt ceiling bill Democrats say is dead on arrival; The FBI reports that active shooter casualties in the U.S. went up to more than 300 in 2022; Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke with Chinese President Xi over the phone for the first time since Russia invaded; Two Americans have died in Sudan, and the US has closed its embassy in Khartoum; and Disney sues DeSantis for violating its right to free speech, it says
