President Donald Trump's pick to oversee U.S. intelligence on terrorism threats is a retired Green Beret who has called Jan. 6 rioters "political prisoners" and has had ties to a man police say ...

Yacolt Republican Joe Kent has been nominated to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) President Donald Trump has nominated Yacolt Republican Joe Kent ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center has ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis who supported him during two unsuccessful runs for Congress.

has been nominated to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Kent expressed his enthusiasm about the nomination earlier this week on X, saying, "It's an honor to serve our nation ...