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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

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Elon Musk’s father told him attacking Trump with Epstein file allegation was wrong

Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, called the conflict that erupted between his son and President Trump as two "elephant bulls or alphas having a go at each other."

June 6, 2025

President Donald Trump, left, greets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon his arrival at the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, German Chancellor Merz discuss ways to end war between Ukraine and Russia

President Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that they share a common goal of ending the Russia-Ukraine war, though there was less agreement on how to get there.

June 5, 2025

President Donald Trump, right, meets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lauds Germany’s move to spend more on defense

President Trump on Thursday called Germany's decision to boost defense funding a "positive thing" and that he's fine with talking about leaving American troops in the NATO country.

June 5, 2025

Tourists walk on the Giftun Island beach as the sun sets over the Red Sea in Hurghada, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Trump says Egypt avoids travel ban due to close U.S. ties

President Trump said Egypt was not included in his travel ban because it has a close relationship with the U.S.

June 5, 2025

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Trump to test German Chancellor Merz on trade, Ukraine war at White House meeting

President Trump's meeting Thursday with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz showcases America's tough pivot on trade, security and the war in Ukraine.

June 5, 2025

United States Military Academy graduating cadets line up during commencement ceremonies in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) ** FILE **

New bill in House would codify Trump’s order banning woke curriculum from U.S service academies

A House GOP lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday that would codify President Trump's executive order to stop U.S. military academies from teaching courses based on radical gender ideology and critical race theory.

June 5, 2025

In this Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, Marilyn Smolenski uses a mock gun to demonstrate how to pull a handgun out of concealed carry clothing she designs at her home in Park Ridge, Ill. On Feb. 22, 2018, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down a bill that allows concealed-carry of firearms on state university campuses. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim) **FILE**

Wait times for D.C. concealed carry permits reduced since Trump order fast-tracked process

Wait times to get an appointment for a concealed carry permit in the District have been significantly reduced, months after President Trump signed an executive order creating a task force to fast-track the permit process.

June 4, 2025

A Glock handgun is holstered on the side of Kristopher Kranz of Bloomington, Minn., as he listens during public testimony on Aug. 20, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Second Amendment advocacy groups push for more provisions in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Firearm manufacturers and Second Amendment advocacy groups are flexing their muscle to push for fewer regulations in the GOP reconciliation bill being considered by the Senate.

June 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump talks to Putin following Ukrainian drone attack

President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Wednesday and discussed Sunday's bombing of Russia's docked planes by Ukraine, plus other attacks between the two countries.

June 4, 2025

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump urges Fed to cut interest rates after weak jobs report

President Trump called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to reduce interest rates, immediately after the payroll firm ADP reported its lowest private-sector jobs number in years.

June 4, 2025

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

House GOP set to vote on Trump’s package of spending clawbacks targeted by DOGE

President Trump has sent Congress a package of $9.4 billion of immediate spending cuts, which are set for a House vote as soon as next week.

June 3, 2025

Then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

FBI files show targeting of Catholic groups was bigger than Biden-era officials acknowledged

The Biden-era FBI concealed the extent of its anti-Catholic operation, which then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress was limited to a single 2023 memo, according to newly revealed bureau documents.

June 3, 2025

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., talks to reporters outside the chamber during a vote at the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Sen. Fetterman praises Trump’s Middle East policies

Sen. John Fetterman pushed back again on his fellow Democrats Monday by lauding President Trump for his administration's policies in the Middle East.

June 2, 2025

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., walks at the Capitol in Washington, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel probes climate change crackdown on businesses by Biden’s Justice Department, EPA

The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee's federal law enforcement panel has opened an investigation into the Biden administration's harassment of citizens and businesses under its climate change agenda.

June 2, 2025

Law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump calls attack by Egyptian national in Colorado ‘horrific,’ blames Biden’s border policy

President Trump called Sunday's attack against pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, "horrific" and accused the Biden administration of allowing the alleged attacker, an Egyptian national, into the U.S.

June 2, 2025

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller speaks with reporters outside the White House, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Stephen Miller points finger at Biden’s border policy for ‘terror attack’ in Colorado

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller blamed the Biden administration for allowing into the U.S. the man accused of attacking pro-Israel demonstrators Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, with Molotov cocktails and a home-made flamethrower.

June 2, 2025

Department of Homeland Security officers patrol outside the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, where Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump, will be attending a hearing, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Federal agents (not pictured) were shown in a video handcuffing an aide to Rep. Jerry Nadler after authorities accused his staff of “harboring rioters” in his New York City office last week. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Video shows DHS agents detaining Nadler aide outside of congressional office

Federal agents were shown in a video handcuffing an aide to Rep. Jerry Nadler after authorities accused his staff of "harboring rioters" in his New York City office last week.

June 1, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calls trade court ruling against Trump tariffs ‘silly’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling that blocked President Trump's global tariffs "silly."

June 1, 2025

Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Progressive caucus chair warns Democrats that Musk is not going away

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar cautioned Democrats on Sunday not to believe Elon Musk when the tech billionaire says he is stepping away from involvement in the Trump administration.

June 1, 2025

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

House Speaker Johnson says he texted Musk after the billionaire criticized the ‘big, beautiful bill’

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he reached out to Elon Musk after the tech billionaire criticized the Republicans' "big, beautiful bill."

June 1, 2025