Kasie Hunt | |
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 Hunt in July 2017 | |
| Born | Kasie Sue Hunt[1] (1985-05-24)May 24, 1985 (age 40) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Conestoga High School |
| Alma mater | The George Washington University (BA) St John's College, Cambridge (MA) |
| Occupations | Political reporter and anchor forCNN |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Kasie Sue Hunt (born May 24, 1985)[1] is an American political correspondent forCNN and host ofThe Arena with Kasie Hunt. From 2013 to 2021, she wasNBC News' Capitol Hill correspondent, covering Congress across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms and was the host of MSNBC'sWay Too Early with Kasie Hunt andKasie DC.[2] From 2024 to 2025, Hunt also hostedCNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt.
Hunt was born inDearborn, Michigan and was raised inWayne, Pennsylvania.[3] She’s the daughter of Bruce and Krista Hunt and has a younger sister named Carly Hunt. Her father manages real estate design and construction forPenn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System inPhiladelphia, while her mother is a yoga teacher inEaston.[1] Her sister is a former golfer for both theGeorgetown Hoyas andMaryland Terrapins women's golf teams.[4][5]
Hunt graduated fromConestoga High School in 2003. She attendedGeorge Washington University and graduatedmagna cum laude with a degree in international affairs in 2006.[6] She went on to earn her master's degree in sociology fromSt John's College, Cambridge,[7][8] UK.
Hunt started her career in journalism as an intern in the political unit ofNBC News.[9] She was a health policy reporter for theNational Journal'sCongressDaily, writing about the passage of theAffordable Care Act. She wrote forPolitico, covering the2010 midterm elections. She started working as a national political reporter for theAssociated Press in August 2011 and coveredMitt Romney's2012 presidential campaign.[10]
In January 2013, Hunt joined NBC News as an off-air reporter and producer covering Congress and politics. She started appearing regularly onMSNBC as a political reporter and in November 2014 became a political correspondent.[11] She wrote for MSNBC.com and appeared regularly on MSNBC and Bloomberg shows, includingMorning Joe,MTP Daily,Hardball with Chris Matthews, andWith All Due Respect.[12]
In October 2017, Hunt began anchoring a weekend show on MSNBC,Kasie DC, which aired on Sundays at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET[13] In November 2017, Hunt stated that an attack on senatorRand Paul by his neighbor was her 'favorite story'.Paul's wife criticized the comment and Hunt later apologized.[14][15] On September 10, 2020, it was announced thatKasie DC would end on September 13, and that Hunt would move to a revived version of MSNBC's early-morning showWay Too Early beginning September 21.[16]
On July 16, 2021, Hunt announced her departure from NBC News and MSNBC,[17] with CNN subsequently hiring her for its upcoming streaming serviceCNN+.[12] Hunt's new program,The Source with Kasie Hunt, premiered on CNN+ on March 29, 2022.[18] After the closure of CNN+ the following month, Hunt largely served as a contributor and fill-in anchor.[19]
In August 2023, CNN announced that Hunt would become the new anchor of its own early-morning showEarly Start (later renamedCNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt in February 2024).[20][21][22] In September 2023, Hunt also began hosting the daily political programState of the Race forCNN International.[19][23]
In April 2024, a segment on CNN discussed the renaming ofHamilton Hall to "Hind's Hall" and the unfurling of a large banner in honor of the young childHind Rajab[24] on theColumbia University'sMorningside Heights campus inNew York City duringcollege protests against the Gaza war. During the segment, Hunt referred to the five-year-old[25][a] girl who was killed by theIsraeli forces[28] as "a woman who was killed in Gaza". This description was criticized as an example of theadultification of Palestinian children and a pro-Israel bias on CNN, as well as other Western mainstream media.[29] A few minutes after the incident, Hunt admitted that she had misspoken and corrected herself, saying that Hind was a girl.[citation needed]
On June 24, 2024, Hunt cut short an interview with Donald Trump's spokeswomanKaroline Leavitt, with Hunt stating that she would not conduct the interview if Leavitt was going to attack Hunt's CNN colleagues during her answers. Leavitt had 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.[30][31]
On January 23, 2025, CNN announced that Hunt would move to a new one hour afternoon show,The Arena with Kasie Hunt, which premiered on March 3, 2025.[32][33]
Kasie Hunt married NBC News producer Matt Rivera on May 6, 2017.[34] In September 2019, she gave birth to her first child, a boy.[35] In March 2023, she gave birth to her second child, a girl.[36]
In October 2021, Hunt underwent a four-hour surgery for the successful removal of a benign brain tumor.[37][38]
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct Hind's age.
