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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times.
Picket covered the hill at other DC-based outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner. Before that, she produced news for Robin Quivers of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, wrote entertainment news for MTV Radio, and worked as a production assistant at MTV.com.
Picket is also a former radio guest host at SiriusXM Patriot 125 and appears frequently as a guest commentator on cable news programs and syndicated radio shows.
She can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kerry Picket

Manchin ends Democrats’ hopes of a quick deal on infrastructure

Sen. Joe Manchin III said there's no chance of reaching a framework on President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare package Wednesday, ending his party's hopes of a double-victory on the budget and a separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.

September 29, 2021

Pelosi braces for another delay on promised vote on Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has signaled that she is open to again delaying vote now set for Thursday on President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.

September 29, 2021

House progressives poised to sink Biden’s infrastructure bill with help from Republicans

The odds for President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill are getting worse with each passing hour.

September 28, 2021

Republicans whipping against infrastructure bill to keep GOP support as ‘low’ as possible

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise told reporters Tuesday that the Republican leadership is whipping against the upcoming vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill as a tax and spend package amid hopes that Democratic progressives will kill the bill.

September 28, 2021

Jan. 6 committee chair: House panel to issue ‘good number’ of subpoenas

The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol says the panel plans to issue more subpoenas this week.

September 28, 2021

Senate Republicans block debt limit, government funding bill

Senate Republicans Monday blocked a measure to temporarily fund the government and suspend the debt ceiling, pushing Congress even closer to the brink in a shutdown and default showdown.

September 27, 2021

House rules foil Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to block debate on $1.2T infrastructure bill

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday attempted to call for a motion to adjourn the House, a tactic the firebrand conservative has used in the past to delay votes, but this time House rules derailed her effort.

September 27, 2021

House GOP ad targets vulnerable Dems, stokes rift to topple Biden’s $4.7T agenda

House Republicans' campaign arm launched new ads on Monday that hit 17 vulnerable Democrats with President Biden's tax hike plans, attempting to further drive the wedge between moderates and progressives that threatens to derail Democrats' massive spending bills.

September 27, 2021

Pelosi’s backroom arm-twisting ratchets up on Dems ahead of votes on big spending bills

The thin margins in Congress and the high stakes for muscling through $5.7 trillion of new spending put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in one of the tightest binds of her long political career.

September 25, 2021

Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley seeking reelection for 8th term

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, announced Friday morning that he will run for reelection.

September 24, 2021

Pelosi rips archbishop’s ‘child sacrifice’ comment about abortion bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out Thursday at comments by the Archbishop of San Francisco, who said Catholics backing legislation to codify Roe v. Wade are supporting nothing more than "child sacrifice."

September 23, 2021

Uyghur refugee: U.S. must stop buying Chinese slave labor products

A Uyghur refugee is advocating passage of bipartisan legislation that would prevent Chinese goods made by Uyghur slave labor from entering the U.S. market.

September 23, 2021

Congressional Black lawmakers support NYC vaccine passport mandate amid racial conflict

Congressional Black lawmakers say they support New York City's passport vaccine mandate despite a recent local Black Lives Matter protest claim that the policy is too often used to deny services to Black patrons.

September 22, 2021

Travel and tourism execs ask lawmakers to help revive industry post-pandemic

Representatives from the U.S. travel industry urged a Senate panel Tuesday to pass bipartisan legislation to help the industry, over a year after it was ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 21, 2021

Black Lives Matter calls COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘racist’ after brawl at NYC restaurant

Black Lives Matter activists demonstrated Monday against "racist" COVID-19 vaccine mandates, staging a rally outside a restaurant they said used the city's mandate to deny service to Black patrons.

September 21, 2021

Defense attorneys, judge in Sussmann case have high-level Democratic connections

The list of inside-the-Beltway legal players connected to Democrats in the case against Michael Sussmann, a lawyer indicted by special counsel John Durham, includes not just Mr. Sussmann's attorneys but the judge as well.

September 20, 2021

GOP anger builds over Biden team rationing of COVID-19 treatment in red states

Republican lawmakers are demanding the Biden administration to cease rationing COVID-19 antibody treatments, saying the restrictions are disproportionately harming red states.

September 17, 2021

DCCC chair wants Dems to stop mentioning $3.5 trillion cost of Biden’s social welfare bill

The chairman of the House Democrats' campaign arm on Friday said the party's lawmakers need to learn to be more discreet about the $3.5 trillion price tag of President Biden's social welfare bill.

September 17, 2021

Pelosi in the U.K. compares Capitol riot to the Civil War

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday told a British audience that the political environment in the U.S. that led to the Jan. 6 riot was similar to the Civil War era.

September 17, 2021

Senate bill would black-flag EPA raids, fines on auto racing shops

A bipartisan group of senators has revived an effort to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency from raiding auto racing shops and imposing heavy fines on enthusiasts who modify amateur race cars.

September 16, 2021

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Manchin ends Democrats’ hopes of a quick deal on infrastructure

Pelosi braces for another delay on promised vote on Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

House progressives poised to sink Biden’s infrastructure bill with help from Republicans

Republicans whipping against infrastructure bill to keep GOP support as ‘low’ as possible

Jan. 6 committee chair: House panel to issue ‘good number’ of subpoenas

Senate Republicans block debt limit, government funding bill

House rules foil Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to block debate on $1.2T infrastructure bill

House GOP ad targets vulnerable Dems, stokes rift to topple Biden’s $4.7T agenda

Pelosi’s backroom arm-twisting ratchets up on Dems ahead of votes on big spending bills

Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley seeking reelection for 8th term

Pelosi rips archbishop’s ‘child sacrifice’ comment about abortion bill

Uyghur refugee: U.S. must stop buying Chinese slave labor products

Congressional Black lawmakers support NYC vaccine passport mandate amid racial conflict

Travel and tourism execs ask lawmakers to help revive industry post-pandemic

Black Lives Matter calls COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘racist’ after brawl at NYC restaurant

Defense attorneys, judge in Sussmann case have high-level Democratic connections

GOP anger builds over Biden team rationing of COVID-19 treatment in red states

DCCC chair wants Dems to stop mentioning $3.5 trillion cost of Biden’s social welfare bill

Pelosi in the U.K. compares Capitol riot to the Civil War

Senate bill would black-flag EPA raids, fines on auto racing shops