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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

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

GoFundMe yanks down fundraisers for suspect in murder of woman on Charlotte light rail

GoFundMe pulled down several online fundraisers advocating for the suspect accused of murdering a Ukrainian refugee woman on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail.

September 8, 2025

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a public event on May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

DeSantis cheers his feats while speaking at Texas freedom summit

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' keynote speech Friday at a dinner at the State Freedom Caucus Network summit sounded a lot like a presidential candidate's stump speech.

September 6, 2025

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at a news conference on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Annapolis, Md., with leading Democrats in the state's legislature to announce an agreement on a state budget framework that includes tax increases as well as cuts to address a $3.3 billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland GOP dares Democratic super majority in Legislature to redraw congressional map

Maryland Republican state lawmakers attending the State Freedom Caucus Network summit challenged Maryland Democrats to redraw their state's congressional map.

September 5, 2025

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at Florida International University's Wall of Wind, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

DeSantis to headline State Freedom Caucus summit as anticipation builds over GOP’s 2028 players

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will headline the State Freedom Caucus Network dinner here on Friday, following a flurry of moves that have kept him in the national headlines and in conversations about the GOP's 2028 race for White House.

September 4, 2025

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Scott Perry, R- Pa., right, listen as Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks to reporters outside the White House after a meeting with President Donald Trump, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Freedom Caucus faithful rally as leaders leave Congress to seek higher office

The wave of House Freedom Caucus members leaving Congress is only the natural progression of a movement that is spreading far and wide, according to State Freedom Caucus Network President Andy Roth.

September 2, 2025

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sits on steps of the Annunciation Church's school as police response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Democratic lawmakers rebuked for scorning prayer after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

Democrats reacting to the deadly Minneapolis school shooting by belittling prayer may want to ask the Almighty for help with their messaging.

August 29, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ extended Secret Service protection

President Trump revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection on Thursday after it became known she had the detail beyond the six months that vice presidents usually receive when they leave office.

August 29, 2025

A U.S. Capitol Police officer walks in front of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump orders federal buildings to be built as Classical architecture

President Trump called for all federal public buildings to be built in a Classical style to honor tradition, foster civic pride, and inspire the citizenry.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Trump ends collective bargaining with unions tied to agencies with national security missions

President Trump on Thursday ended collective bargaining with several federal unions with national security missions.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Trump signs memorandum to strengthen rules around political lobbying, federal grant-making

President Trump on Thursday tightened up the rules for political lobbying related to federal grant-making.

August 28, 2025

Biden administration proclamations, executive orders, pardons and commutations were mechanically signed using at least three different versions of President Biden’s signature during his four years in office, according to a new analysis.

Legitimacy of Biden’s autopen pardons questioned by Vance

Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday questioned the validity of pardons allegedly signed with an autopen during the Biden administration.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks at The People's House museum, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants Republicans to hold a national convention before midterms

President Trump says he will suggest that Republicans hold a national convention just before next year's midterm elections.

August 28, 2025

Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, as part of President Donald Trump's order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation's capital, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump spearheads crime bill with Congress, aims for first major federal overhaul in 30 years

President Trump is working with Republican congressional leaders on a "comprehensive crime bill," once-in-a-generation legislation that would put his popular crime-fighting agenda in front of voters ahead of the midterm elections next year.

August 27, 2025

An FBI agent stands in front of property connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Oct. 19, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

FBI whistleblowers’ settlement finalized by Justice Department, bureau

Nearly a dozen FBI whistleblowers who say they endured retaliation during the Biden administration inked agreements on Monday with the FBI and Justice Department to have their security clearances reinstated and collect back pay.

August 26, 2025

District of Columbia Metro Transit Police Department and Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers detain three people at L'Enfant Plaza metro station, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

D.C. sees first homicide since law enforcement surge, as Trump calls for death penalty for murder

The District recorded its first homicide in the nearly two weeks since federal law enforcement surged in the nation's capital, while President Trump declared Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in the city will face capital punishment.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump highlights progress in U.S. domestic manufacturing production

President Trump Tuesday lauded improvement of domestic manufacturing production and honed in on new data coming from American automakers.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump wants to reinstate death penalty in Washington, D.C. for all murder cases

President Trump said Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in Washington, D.C. will face capital murder charges.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump wants to rebrand Big Beautiful Bill, urges GOP to call it a ‘massive tax cut’ for middle class

President Trump Tuesday said it was time for Republicans to refer to his landmark legislation One Big Beautiful Bill as simply a "massive tax cut for the middle class" to better explain its impact on Americans.

August 26, 2025

The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Trump signs proclamation honoring service members slain in Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan

President Trump Monday honored U.S. military members killed in the Abbey Gate disaster in Kabul, Afghanistan four years ago.

August 25, 2025

Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol Union Station, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump expands federal anti-crime agenda, enlists more agencies for the effort

President Trump on Monday ordered the National Guard to prepare for rapid deployment to fight crime across the country and enlisted more federal agencies to join his crime-fighting effort.

August 25, 2025