There is a fair chance you've never heard of Joe Kent, a retired Green Beret who served as President Donald Trump's director at the National Counterterrorism Center but resigned March 17 in protest ...

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on Tuesday said that “neocons will now try to destroy” Joe Kent, who resigned earlier in the day from his role as the director of the National Counterterrorism ...

WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday — wildly claiming in his resignation letter that President Trump was duped into launching the war against ...

GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday blasted Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, for resigning over the war in Iran. “Good riddance. Iran has murdered more than a ...

Editor's note: This is a recap of the war in Iran for Tuesday, March 17. For the latest on the Iran war, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, March 18. The top US counterterrorism official ...

Today’s surprise resignation of Joe Kent from his role as director of the National Counterterrorism Center indicates that “the cracks are showing” within the MAGA movement, says political analyst ...

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Joe Kent, a top U.S. counterterrorism official who had been a contentious choice for the post because of his promotion of conspiracy theories, resigned on Tuesday, citing his opposition to the Iran ...

In March 2026, Joe Kent — the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center and a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump since 2020 — announced his resignation, citing Trump's war on Iran.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back Tuesday on "false claims" in the resignation letter of the nation’s top counterterrorism official, saying President Donald Trump had "strong ...

In February 2025, Donald Trump nominated Joe Kent, a 2020-election conspiracy theorist with links to the Proud Boys and white supremacists, as head of the National Counterterrorism Center. What could ...