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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

Senate Democrats delay Kash Patel committee vote

The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats held off FBI Director nominee Kash Patel's panel vote Thursday until next week.

February 6, 2025

Senate Banking Committee seeks ways to reduce politicized debanking of Americans

The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday took on the trend of major financial institutions "debanking" customers because of their politics.

February 5, 2025

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general

The Senate voted 54-46 on Tuesday, largely along party lines, to confirm Pam Bondi as Attorney General of the Department of Justice.

February 4, 2025

FBI agents file class-action lawsuit against Justice Dept. claiming retaliation over Jan. 6 cases

Two groups of FBI agents involved in investigating cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the classified documents case against President Trump sued the Justice Department on Tuesday, alleging attempted retaliation for their roles.

February 4, 2025

Trump Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi advances to final vote in Senate

The Senate on Monday voted 52-46 in a party-line vote Monday to advance the nomination of Pam Bondi to be the Department of Justice's next Attorney General.

February 3, 2025

Ex-FBI director Comey calls on DOJ and FBI employees to fight Trump administration for lost jobs

Former FBI Director James B. Comey called on employees in the Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Attorneys Offices to fight for their jobs after Trump administration officials last week fired FBI leaders and DOJ attorneys involved in prosecuting Jan. 6 cases.

February 2, 2025

Driscoll refuses order to list FBI employees involved in Jan. 6 cases amid ouster of agency leaders

Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll is on shaky ground with Department of Justice leaders for refusing to deliver the names of bureau employees involved in Jan. 6 cases and other Trump investigations.

February 2, 2025

WATCH: FBI requests names of bureau employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases

The FBI is requesting a list of all its personnel involved in helping the Justice Department prosecute Jan. 6 cases.

January 31, 2025

FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up

FBI employees were terminated or forced to quit Thursday within hours of FBI Director nominee Kash Patel's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

January 31, 2025

Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead -- and upend -- the FBI, came to Capitol Hill on Thursday eager to talk about the future of the bureau as a lean, crime-fighting machine.

January 30, 2025

Senators release whistleblower docs showing anti-Trump FBI agent helped launch lawfare case

Two senior Republican lawmakers released protected whistleblower disclosures Thursday revealing how an anti-Trump FBI agent went outside established agency protocols for opening probes to help launch the federal election interference case against the president.

January 30, 2025

Cory Booker and Kash Patel spar over recent firings at the Justice Department

FBI director nominee Kash Patel clashed with Sen. Cory Booker when the New Jersey Democrat demanded to know if he knew anything about President Trump's recent firings of Justice Department attorneys.

January 30, 2025

Patel explains proposal to move more FBI employees throughout the country

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that his comment about turning the FBI's Washington headquarters into a museum was meant to convey his belief that more employees should be deployed across the U.S.

January 30, 2025

Patel accuses Dem lawmakers of ‘false accusations’ and ‘mischaracterizations’

Fireworks erupted between FBI Director nominee Kash Patel and Sen. Amy Klobuchar when he testified Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

January 30, 2025

Kash Patel says he ‘always’ rejected violence against law enforcement on Jan. 6

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel denounced political violence when the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed him about his views on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his appearances on right-wing podcasts.

January 30, 2025

California Democrat blames hiring freeze for deadly D.C. aircraft collision

Rep. Norma Torres blamed the Trump administration's hiring freeze for Wednesday night's deadly collision of a regional commuter jet and military helicopter above the Potomac River.

January 30, 2025

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel takes on senators’ questions about overhauling the bureau

President Trump's FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday is facing questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his suitability to lead the premier law enforcement agency.

January 30, 2025

Party-line committee vote sends Pam Bondi to full Senate for confirmation as attorney general

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Pam Bondi's nomination for attorney general in a party-line 12-10 vote Wednesday.

January 29, 2025

Democrats vow to hold Republicans accountable for Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants

Congressional Democrats have promised to hold Republicans accountable for President Trump pardoning more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants on the day he was sworn into office.

January 28, 2025

Tim Scott’s banking committee goes after financial institutions engaged in political ‘debanking’

The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next week to address concerns that some financial institutions cut off customers because of their political views, a practice known as "debanking."

January 28, 2025

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Senate Democrats delay Kash Patel committee vote

Senate Banking Committee seeks ways to reduce politicized debanking of Americans

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general

FBI agents file class-action lawsuit against Justice Dept. claiming retaliation over Jan. 6 cases

Trump Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi advances to final vote in Senate

Ex-FBI director Comey calls on DOJ and FBI employees to fight Trump administration for lost jobs

Driscoll refuses order to list FBI employees involved in Jan. 6 cases amid ouster of agency leaders

WATCH: FBI requests names of bureau employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases

FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up

Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

Senators release whistleblower docs showing anti-Trump FBI agent helped launch lawfare case

Cory Booker and Kash Patel spar over recent firings at the Justice Department

Patel explains proposal to move more FBI employees throughout the country

Patel accuses Dem lawmakers of ‘false accusations’ and ‘mischaracterizations’

Kash Patel says he ‘always’ rejected violence against law enforcement on Jan. 6

California Democrat blames hiring freeze for deadly D.C. aircraft collision

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel takes on senators’ questions about overhauling the bureau

Party-line committee vote sends Pam Bondi to full Senate for confirmation as attorney general

Democrats vow to hold Republicans accountable for Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants

Tim Scott’s banking committee goes after financial institutions engaged in political ‘debanking’