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Kent Covington

Kent Covington

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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Monday morning news: August 8, 2022

Democrats pushed their election-year spending package through the Senate on Sunday, Senate Democrats vote against defining pregnancy as unique to biological females, New York City deals with an influx of migrants from US-Mexico border, cease-fire between Palestinians and Israel officially takes effect in Gaza, China and Taiwan war drills, and continued flooding in Kentucky

The Chinese military is carrying out drills off the eastern coast of Taiwan, the U.S. government says it’s not giving up on Brittney Griner, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant could be dangerously unstable, the U.S. attorney general is bringing charges against officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, the number of Americans applying for jobless aid rose again last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he was disturbed by allegations of a coverup regarding Hunter Biden

Lawmakers in the Senate voted to welcome Sweden and Finland into the NATO alliance, Taiwan scrambled jets to intercept dozens of Chinese aircraft that breached the island’s air defense zone, Indiana Congresswoman Jackie Walorski died in a car accident on Wednesday, U.S. officials will soon meet face-to-face with leaders from Iran for nuclear talks in Vienna, floodwaters in Kentucky continue to recede, President Biden signed an executive order he said is aimed at making it easier to get an abortion across state lines

Nancy Pelosi continues her Asia tour in Taiwan, the U.S. government says the Taliban has grossly violated its promise not to shelter terrorists, the Senate passed a bill last night enhancing healthcare and disability benefits for veterans, inflation continues to weigh on the economy, many communities in Kentucky are without power as temperatures rise


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President Biden announced a major counterterrorism strike, Nancy Pelosi is in Singapore, a top Iranian official claimed the country is now capable of making nuclear weapons, a cargo ship carrying grain left the Port of Odesa on Monday, a wildfire burning in California is now the largest blaze in the state this year, officials in Kentucky have raised the death toll from massive flooding to 37, a battle over life and abortion is raging at the county level in Michigan

Raging flood waters have killed dozens of people in Kentucky, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Asia this week, lawmakers are debating over a bill stalled in the Senate to expand healthcare access for veterans exposed to burn pits, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again, hundreds of protesters in Baghdad camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament

Flash floods killed several people in Kentucky, the U.S. economy is sinking toward a recession, President Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for over two hours, ships are sitting idle in three Black Sea ports, JetBlue Airways has plans to buy Spirit Airlines, five major gun manufacturers made a combined $1 billion on semiautomatic weapons in the last 10 years

Europe aims to burn less natural gas in the coming months, Former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence both delivered speeches in Washington, soaring inflation has taken another bite out of consumer confidence, lawmakers in the Senate tackled the growing drug overdose crisis, the attorneys general of 17 U.S. states say Google might be suppressing the websites of crisis pregnancy centers, record rainfall triggered flash flooding across the St. Louis area

Russia wants Volodymyr Zelenskyy gone, the Pacific Northwest is bracing for a major heat wave, firefighters made some progress beating back a wildfire near Yosemite National Park, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is the latest to testify in a probe into Trump’s election conduct, the ruling military junta in Myanmar has executed four pro-democracy activists, more than 300 people have died after five weeks of heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan

The U.S. economy is slowing down, President Biden’s health is improving, doctors are seeing a rise in new cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19, the WHO has declared monkeypox a global health emergency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned a Russian airstrike