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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President Biden is flying to Poland this week, rescue teams in Syria and Turkey are still finding earthquake survivors, Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke about his weekend meeting with China’s foreign minister, former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care over the weekend, lawmakers from Texas are renewing calls for the White House and Congress to tackle the border crisis, a 12-day long chapel service at Asbury University in Kentucky is winding down, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania conquered the weekend box office
President Biden says that three aerial objects over the U.S. and Canada were likely harmless, A special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump say “one or more witnesses” lied under oath, hope is fading for finding any more survivors in the rubble in Turkey, a pro-life Kentucky law will remain in place for now after a court ruling, wholesale inflation in the United States sped up from December to January, answers from ChatGPT may reveal the political biases of its programmers
Some lawmakers are suggesting the U.S. gets tough on China, the European Union is pushing for a new round of sanctions against Russia, the 19-year-old who shot and killed 10 people in a Buffalo grocery store will spend the rest of his life in prison, Mitch McConnell told colleagues that identity politics should play no role when it comes to picking judges, international aid continues to pour into Turkey and Syria, Scotland will soon have a new leader
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has announced she’s running for president
Congress is demanding answers from President Biden about what is happening in the skies over North America, at least five civilians were killed as fighting rages in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut in Ukraine, leaders in Moldova fear Russia is plotting to overthrow their government, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble in Syria and Turkey, a judge will unseal some of the findings of a grand jury investigation into former President Donald Trump, eight people were injured in New York when a man driving a U-Haul truck veered onto sidewalks
Turkey is cracking down on contractors it says cut corners, members of Congress are questioning U.S. air defenses, another U.S. airstrike over the weekend killed 12 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia, the U.S. Army is missing its recruiting goals, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions, two Super Bowl commercials advertised Jesus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyycriticized the International Olympic Committee’s decision to let athletes from Russia and Belarus compete in the 2024 Olympics, Microsoft has suspended its relationship with a group accused of blacklisting conservatives
Lawmakers condemned China for violating U.S. airspace with a balloon-mounted spying device, a House panel held its first hearing on what Republicans are calling the political weaponization of the government against conservatives, lawmakers grilled Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer about a winter systems meltdown that forced thousands of canceled flights, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 20,000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Brussels, Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are back online, Burt Bacharach died at 94 years old
Lawmakers grilled former Twitter executives about censoring conservative voices, the U.S. military says the Chinese spy balloon that it shot down was just one of many, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now topped 12,000, a team of international investigators says Russia most likely supplied the missile used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines jet in 2014, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French and German leaders in Paris, Walt Disney is one step closer to losing control of its own private kingdom near Orlando
Rescue teams from around the world are working to locate survivors of the massive earthquake that struck near the border of Turkey and Syria, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands will send at least 100 tanks to Ukraine, the U.S. trade deficit with China grew for a second straight year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Fed may have to raise interest rates even higher than it planned
