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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

Trump ready to declare Antifa a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Trump said Wednesday that he would take steps to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization after hearing from journalists who say they were battered while covering the organization.

October 8, 2025

Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

The City University of New York Graduate Center is offering an English course titled "Global Antifa" that focuses on students taking an active role in the sometimes violent far-left movement to fight conservatives in the name of anti-fascism.

October 8, 2025

Trump promises to straighten out Chicago’s crime problem if Democratic leaders won’t

President Trump on Tuesday promised that if Chicago leaders cannot get a handle on the city's crime problem, the federal government will take charge.

October 7, 2025

Virginia lawmaker says Jay Jones once said if more cops were killed, they would shoot fewer people

A Virginia state lawmaker says that Jay Jones, the embattled Democratic nominee for state attorney general, once told her that police officers would shoot fewer people if more cops were killed after losing their legal protections.

October 7, 2025

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Portland

President Trump said on Monday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in Portland, Oregon, if necessary.

October 6, 2025

Judge’s opinion blocking Guard deployment to Portland ‘untethered in reality,’ Karoline Leavitt says

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday called the opinion of the judge who blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland "untethered in reality."

October 6, 2025

Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments

Illinois officials made a bid for sanctuary supremacy Monday with Chicago's mayor signing an executive order declaring city property to be "ICE-free zones," and the city and state suing to block President Trump from sending in the National Guard to quell anti-ICE protests.

October 6, 2025

Trump considers cuts to Portland’s funding after arrest of conservative journalist

President Trump is preparing to cut off funds to Portland, Oregon, after the city's police arrested a conservative journalist for disorderly conduct near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

October 3, 2025

Maine GOP calls for federal investigation of state ballots found in resident’s Amazon package

Maine GOP state lawmakers are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel for a federal investigation into an incident involving state ballots that were found in an Amazon customer's package.

October 2, 2025

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League

FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday that the bureau ceased its partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, a left-wing Jewish civil rights organization.

October 2, 2025

In nation’s capital, first day of shutdown disappoints visitors at closed federal attractions

Some Americans were already feeling the pain, or at least disappointment, from the first day of the government shutdown on Wednesday.

October 1, 2025

Virginia governor’s race tightens to 3-point margin, new poll shows

A new poll on the Virginia gubernatorial race shows the contest narrowing, with Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears just three points behind Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

October 1, 2025

Tensions flare between Sen. Hawley and former Biden staffer over defunding police stance

Fireworks erupted at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday when Sen. Josh Hawley scrutinized the work of Gregory Jackson Jr., former President Biden's deputy director of gun violence prevention, for advocating to defund the police and invest in "safe-spaces" for "two-spirit" individuals.

September 30, 2025

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Trump ready to declare Antifa a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

Trump promises to straighten out Chicago’s crime problem if Democratic leaders won’t

Virginia lawmaker says Jay Jones once said if more cops were killed, they would shoot fewer people

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Portland

Judge’s opinion blocking Guard deployment to Portland ‘untethered in reality,’ Karoline Leavitt says

Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments

Trump considers cuts to Portland’s funding after arrest of conservative journalist

Maine GOP calls for federal investigation of state ballots found in resident’s Amazon package

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League

In nation’s capital, first day of shutdown disappoints visitors at closed federal attractions

Virginia governor’s race tightens to 3-point margin, new poll shows

Tensions flare between Sen. Hawley and former Biden staffer over defunding police stance

Capitol Hill Democrats double down on health care crisis

Jeffries denounces DHS ‘hit list’ of Democrats following ICE officer attacks

Trump says Comey indictment is ‘about justice,’ as he refutes ‘revenge’ accusations

Former FBI Director James Comey indicted by federal grand jury

Federal court sentences ‘domestic terrorist’ inspired by Hamas to 19 years in prison

Left-wing gun group posts flyers in D.C. with same anti-fascist message from Kirk assassination

Justice Department trying to indict former FBI Director Comey by next week