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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 doubles down on chicken-hawk comments about Liz Cheney at Michigan rally

Former President Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his remarks about former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming being incapable of surviving the same kind of war zones she usually wants to send U.S. troops into.

November 1, 2024

New York GOP files complaint against U.S. Postal Service over destroyed political mailers

Over 200 political mailers advocating for GOP congressional candidate Alison Esposito were dumped by a creek in New York's Hudson Valley, and the Republican Party filed a complaint with the U.S. Postal Service alleging election interference.

November 1, 2024

Harris leans in on abortion messaging in final days of campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris, in a closing message on the campaign trail out in Nevada, leaned in on making abortion completely legal in all 50 states.

October 31, 2024

Harris looks for Philly’s Black voters to deliver must-win Pennsylvania

Black voters in the state's most densely populated county aren't as enthusiastic for Vice President Kamala Harris as they were for past Democratic presidential candidates, and it could dampen her chances of winning the state.

October 31, 2024

Trump proclaims MAGA ‘greatest political movement’ in U.S. history

Former President Donald Trump returned to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to make a final appeal to Keystone State voters and their 19 Electoral College votes, calling MAGA the "greatest political movement" in American history.

October 29, 2024

Whistleblower: James Comey had FBI ‘honey pot’ spies infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign

The House Judiciary Committee is examining a whistleblower report that the FBI targeted Donald Trump soon after he announced his presidential campaign in June 2015, an off-the-books operation ordered by FBI Director James B. Comey that predated the Crossfire Hurricane operation.

October 29, 2024

Trump puts on a show at Madison Square Garden as Election Day nears

Former President Donald Trump cemented his image as the biggest showman in U.S. politics by bringing his Make America Great Again roadshow to the world's most iconic arena.

October 27, 2024

Musk estimates $2 trillion of waste could be eliminated from federal budget

Billionaire executive Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, said he thinks that $2 trillion could be eliminated from the federal budget after being introduced at former President Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.

October 27, 2024

Trump revs up his campaign with Madison Square Garden event

Former President Donald Trump took the stage Sunday in front of an enormous crowd at Madison Square Garden, delivering his campaign message to the world with just eight days until Americans finish casting their ballots.

October 27, 2024

Tucker Carlson says Trump ‘liberated’ Americans

NEW YORK -- TV host Tucker Carlson heaped praise on Donald Trump at Sunday's Madison Square Garden rally, calling the former president someone who "liberated" the American people.

October 27, 2024

Destiny’s Child’s Beyonce and Kelly Rowland sing praises for Harris’ abortion campaign

Musical artists Beyonce and Kelly Rowland joined Vice President Kamala Harris for a rally Friday in Houston, Texas, where they focused on the state's stringent abortion laws and blamed former President Donald Trump for it.

October 26, 2024

White House colleague accuses ‘duplicitous’ John Kelly of working to undermine Trump’s agenda

A top aide to Vice President Mike Pence said John Kelly was "terrible" and "duplicitous" as White House chief of staff and routinely kept President Trump in the dark to push his own goals.

October 25, 2024

Doug Emhoff’s ex-girlfriend says she was ‘embarrassed and humiliated’ after he allegedly slapped her

A former girlfriend of second gentleman Doug Emhoff has decided to speak out for herself about an incident 12 years ago in which he allegedly struck her, confirming her shock and anger at the assault.

October 24, 2024

Shrapnel injures reporter’s arm after Democratic Senate candidate shoots weapon at campaign event

A U.S. Senate campaign event at a private firing range went awry when a bullet fragment struck a TV reporter in the arm. Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce gave first aid to the journalist.

October 23, 2024

Dem Rep. Hayes spent campaign funds on deluxe trips while Connecticut district suffered storm damage

A Connecticut House Democrat is under scrutiny for spending thousands of campaign dollars on lavish trips to Martha's Vineyard and in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention while her constituents were recovering from August's deadly floods.

October 23, 2024

Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs at North Carolina rally

Former President Donald Trump pumped up his supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Tuesday and promised to bring back manufacturing jobs he said the state had lost over the last four years.

October 22, 2024

GOP lawmakers call on feds for data on potential foreign election interference via ActBlue donations

Two Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have asked the Treasury Department, the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence for information on potential election interference through fraudulent donations by foreign actors via a popular fundraising committee used by Democrats.

October 22, 2024

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Trump doubles down on chicken-hawk comments about Liz Cheney at Michigan rally

New York GOP files complaint against U.S. Postal Service over destroyed political mailers

Harris leans in on abortion messaging in final days of campaign

Harris looks for Philly’s Black voters to deliver must-win Pennsylvania

Trump proclaims MAGA ‘greatest political movement’ in U.S. history

Whistleblower: James Comey had FBI ‘honey pot’ spies infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign

Trump puts on a show at Madison Square Garden as Election Day nears

Musk estimates $2 trillion of waste could be eliminated from federal budget

Trump revs up his campaign with Madison Square Garden event

Tucker Carlson says Trump ‘liberated’ Americans

Destiny’s Child’s Beyonce and Kelly Rowland sing praises for Harris’ abortion campaign

White House colleague accuses ‘duplicitous’ John Kelly of working to undermine Trump’s agenda

Doug Emhoff’s ex-girlfriend says she was ‘embarrassed and humiliated’ after he allegedly slapped her

Shrapnel injures reporter’s arm after Democratic Senate candidate shoots weapon at campaign event

Dem Rep. Hayes spent campaign funds on deluxe trips while Connecticut district suffered storm damage

Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs at North Carolina rally

GOP lawmakers call on feds for data on potential foreign election interference via ActBlue donations

New York congressional races: One Republican way behind, another just ahead

New York Republicans turn tables on Democrats to bring out GOP voters against liberal proposition

Trump tells six-year-old boy that Kamala Harris wants to ban cows