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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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
President Biden officially kicks off his 2024 campaign; Republican candidate Nikki Haley vows to run a pro-life presidential campaign; House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposes a plan to raise the debt ceiling while cutting spending, but Democrats scoff; The Taliban kills a terrorist leader of ISIS who spearheaded the suicide bombing attack in Kabul during the US withdrawal; Hundreds gather in Washington DC to read through the whole Bible aloud over 90 hours; and civil rights activist and singer Harry Balafonte dies at 96
The U.S. prepares troops to evacuate Americans from war-torn Sudan; President Biden is expected to announce his reelection campaign; Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News the same day CNN fires Don Lemon; Utah State Senator Mike Kennedy’s home targeted following his sponsorship of a bill to protect minors from transgender surgeries; Chinese officials walk back comments by Beijing’s ambassador to France about the status of ex-Soviet Baltic states; and police in Kenya find bodies of cult members whose leaders allegedly told them to starve themselves.
The U.S. and other nations evacuate embassy officials from Sudan amidst ongoing conflict; lawmakers in Washington debate raising the debt ceiling; Presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson criticizes Ron DeSantis for clash with Disney; new polls show that most Americans don’t want to see Trump or Biden on the ballot, but Trump still has an edge over his potential rival Ron DeSantis; General Motors recalls 40,000 Chevy Silverado trucks due to brake fluid line issue; and explorers from the Netherlands and Australia discover a WWII-era Japanese shipwreck in the South China Sea
