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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

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool) ** FILE **

Spanberger, congressional Democrats take heat for their own affordability problems

President Trump and other Republicans are blasting Democrats for trying to appeal to voters on affordability, while those same Democrats are promoting higher taxes and greater government spending that raises the cost of living.

February 25, 2026

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Virginia Gov. Spanberger: Trump’s ‘reckless trade policies’ too costly for American families

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger condemned President Trump Tuesday night in the Democratic response to Mr. Trump's State of the Union address, saying that his policies have made life more costly for Americans.

February 24, 2026

Iowa congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott speaks during an Iowa Democratic Party rally in Windsor Heights, Iowa, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Democrats announce first slate of House candidates for ‘Red to Blue’ program

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has released a list of a dozen Republican seats from Arizona to Pennsylvania that they are targeting to flip this midterm cycle.

February 23, 2026

In this file photo, Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, sits down with the Washington Times for a newsmaker interview, Washington, D.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Manufacturers call for clear, consistent trade framework

The National Association of Manufacturers wants a new trade framework from Congress after the Supreme Court nixed President Trump's major tariffs.

February 23, 2026

The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol as the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly gets underway, Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia judge blocks referendum vote on Democrats’ redistricting plan

A circuit court judge in Virginia issued an emergency temporary injunction Thursday to stop early voting on the Democrats' redistricting ballot referendum.

February 19, 2026

People mark their ballots at the polling place at Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in Falls Church, Va., Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Republicans sue to stop Virginia redistricting referendum

Republican organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday objecting to Virginia Democrats' 2026 redistricting ballot referendum for using misleading language and violating state law and the state constitution.

February 18, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks as White House pardon czar Alice Johnson listens during a Black History Month event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Trump celebrates Black History Month at the White House

President Trump celebrated Black History Month at the White House by recounting his work to lift communities of color and memorializing the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon and Democratic presidential candidate who died earlier this week.

February 18, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Karoline Leavitt claps back with evidence at reporter doubting political foes call Trump ‘racist’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was stunned Wednesday when a reporter challenged President Trump's assertion that he has been falsely called a racist.

February 18, 2026

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer embraced ID laws to counter fraud in the 1990s, but now calls voter ID ‘Jim Crow 2.0’

A video has emerged of Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer in 1996 talking about the importance of ID checks to prevent welfare fraud by illegal immigrants.

February 16, 2026

The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol as the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly gets underway, Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Outside groups descend on Virginia for redistricting referendum

A liberal dark money organization has launched a $5 million campaign to persuade voters to back the Democrats' redrawn congressional map in an April referendum.

February 16, 2026

An election worker hands a voter his ballot at Alexandria City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Ballot language for Virginia redistricting referendum criticized for misleading voters

Democratic officials in Virginia have been accused of misleading voters with the language used in the ballot question for the party's redistricting plan.

February 16, 2026

People waiting to vote Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, stand in a long line that wrapped around the Alaska Division of Elections regional office in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) **FILE**

Ranked choice voting add wrinkle for GOP in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

Ranked choice voting has made conservative-leaning Alaska potentially competitive in this year's Senate race.

February 16, 2026

Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, reacts as Donald Trump, left, speaks during a news conference in New York on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) **FILE**

Carrie Prejean Boller removed from Religious Liberty Commission

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick removed Carrie Prejean Boller from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after setting off a contentious hearing this week over Israel's war in Gaza.

February 11, 2026

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, center, delivers her State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virignia General Assembly at the Capitol Monday Jan. 19, 2026, in Richmond, Va. House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, top center, Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi, top left, and Virginia Senate President Pro-tem, Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, top right, join in the welcome. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrat-run Virginia goes big on gun control

Virginia's Democratic leaders are moving full steam ahead with their first batch of gun-control laws now that the party controls every lever of power in Richmond.

February 10, 2026

Republican state senator Blake Miguez converses before the swearing-in of the Louisiana state legislature in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool, File)

Trump’s endorsement of Louisiana lawmaker transforms primary

President Trump's endorsement of Republican state Sen. Blake Miguez in the race for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District has shaken up the crowded primary.

February 9, 2026

Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Congress pressed to pass legislation for off-grid power sources without regulation

A coalition of right-of-center activists sent a letter Monday to the Senate urging passage of the DATA Act, which would allow off-grid power sources to be built and used without regulation as a public utility.

February 9, 2026

A Dominican man, left, and an activist, right, are detained by plainclothes officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an immigration hearing at the immigration court inside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Local leaders and lawmen defy Democrat-run states’ crackdown on cooperating with ICE

Politicians in Democratic-led states are rushing to end cooperation with ICE, but a rebellion is brewing among conservative local officials who say they will find ways to work around the bans.

February 9, 2026

Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, votes for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans launch caucus to stop spread of Shariah in U.S.

A group of House Republicans launched the Shariah-free America caucus on Tuesday as an effort to prevent the spread of radical Islamization within the U.S. criminal justice system and American culture.

February 3, 2026

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Republicans push back on Pirro after she threatens jail time for lawful gun owners

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro received blowback from Republican lawmakers after she threatened jail time for any person who entered the city with a firearm.

February 3, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump cautions GOP will never win again if illegal immigrants are not deported

President Trump warned Monday that Republicans would never win elections again if they do not help remove illegal immigrants from U.S. municipalities.

February 2, 2026