1. Kasie Hunt is the daughter of Bruce and Krista Hunt, and has a younger sister named Carly Hunt.
17 Facts About Kasie Hunt
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Kasie Hunt's father manages real estate design and construction for Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, while her mother is a yoga teacher in Easton.
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Kasie Hunt's sister is a former golfer for both the Georgetown Hoyas and Maryland Terrapins women's golf teams.
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Kasie Hunt went on to earn her master's degree in sociology from St John's College, Cambridge, UK.
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Kasie Hunt started her career in journalism as an intern in the political unit of NBC News.
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Kasie Hunt was a health policy reporter for the National Journal's CongressDaily, writing about the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
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Kasie Hunt wrote for Politico, covering the 2010 midterm elections.
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Kasie Hunt started working as a national political reporter for the Associated Press in August 2011 and covered Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
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In January 2013, Kasie Hunt joined NBC News as an off-air reporter and producer covering Congress and politics.
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Kasie Hunt started appearing regularly on MSNBC as a political reporter and in November 2014 became a political correspondent.
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On July 16,2021, Kasie Hunt announced her departure from NBC News and MSNBC, with CNN subsequently hiring her for its upcoming streaming service CNN+.
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Hunt's new program, The Source with Kasie Hunt, premiered on CNN+ on March 29,2022.
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In September 2023, Kasie Hunt began hosting the daily political program State of the Race for CNN International.
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On June 24,2024, Kasie Hunt removed Donald Trump's spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt after Leavitt attempted to quote CNN's Jake Tapper's comparison of Trump to Hitler in response to questions about the preparedness of the candidates in the upcoming presidential debate between the incumbent, Biden, and challenger, Trump.
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On January 23,2025, CNN announced that Hunt would move to a new one hour afternoon show, The Arena with Kasie Hunt; it premiered on March 3,2025.
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Kasie Hunt married NBC News producer Matt Rivera on May 6,2017.
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In October 2021, Kasie Hunt underwent a four-hour surgery for the successful removal of a benign brain tumor.