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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

Democrats vote out another progressive as Harris, Walz seek to move party to the left

Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri is the latest "Squad" member to lose her seat, continuing a string of losses for progressives even as Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz aim to take the party leftward.

August 7, 2024

Rep. Cori Bush loses Missouri primary, becoming second ‘Squad’ member defeated by fellow Democrat

Rep. Cori Bush became the second member of "The Squad" to be defeated Tuesday night after the progressive firebrand lost the Democratic primary in her bid for a third term.

August 6, 2024

New poll shows Trump, Harris tied in Pennsylvania

A new poll in the swing state of Pennsylvania shows former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied among likely voters.

August 5, 2024

Squad member Cori Bush’s anti-Israel stance puts her at risk in Tuesday’s Democratic primary

Rep. Cori Bush is fighting for her political survival in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Missouri where her anti-Israel stance threatens to make her the second "Squad" member ousted by Democratic voters.

August 5, 2024

Victims of clergy sex abuse in San Francisco rebuke Kamala Harris for not fighting for them

Catholic clergy abuse victims in California strenuously objected when Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris described herself as a top-notch prosecutor who went after sex offenders during her time as San Francisco's district attorney.

August 5, 2024

Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits he cheated with nanny on his first wife

Vice President Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff on Saturday admitted to cheating on his first wife.

August 3, 2024

Harris backed using ‘lists’ of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris once threatened to use databases of gun owners to send police to their homes to confiscate firearms.

August 1, 2024

Republican lawmakers demand info from more than 130 companies about ESG initiative

House GOP lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee demanded information Tuesday from more than 130 companies about their involvement with an investor-led climate action initiative.

July 30, 2024

GOP lawmakers want GAO to probe how DOJ investigates Chinese spies on U.S. soil

House Republicans called on the Government Accountability Office to review how the Justice Department investigates foreign nationals sent to spy on U.S. soil.

July 30, 2024

‘Reduced to a pulse’: Jan. 6 defendant recounts prison treatment, DOJ’s overreach

A Jan. 6 defendant said he spent four months in solitary confinement in federal prison, harsh conditions that could have been avoided in light of the Supreme Court's ruling that the Justice Department overreached when it charged hundreds of the U.S. Capitol defendants with felony obstruction.

July 29, 2024

Anti-Israel protesters mostly escape prosecution in nation’s capital, leaving mark on the city

Republicans are demanding the same sort of zealous prosecutions of anti-Israel demonstrators who rampaged in Washington this week as the Biden administration doled out to the protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

July 25, 2024

National Park Service begins cleanup of vandalized monuments following anti-Israel protest

The National Park Service on Thursday began removing graffiti and repairing statues, a bell and a fountain outside Union Station that protesters damaged Wednesday during demonstrations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress.

July 25, 2024

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Democrats vote out another progressive as Harris, Walz seek to move party to the left

Rep. Cori Bush loses Missouri primary, becoming second ‘Squad’ member defeated by fellow Democrat

New poll shows Trump, Harris tied in Pennsylvania

Squad member Cori Bush’s anti-Israel stance puts her at risk in Tuesday’s Democratic primary

Victims of clergy sex abuse in San Francisco rebuke Kamala Harris for not fighting for them

Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits he cheated with nanny on his first wife

Harris backed using ‘lists’ of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms

Republican lawmakers demand info from more than 130 companies about ESG initiative

GOP lawmakers want GAO to probe how DOJ investigates Chinese spies on U.S. soil

‘Reduced to a pulse’: Jan. 6 defendant recounts prison treatment, DOJ’s overreach

Anti-Israel protesters mostly escape prosecution in nation’s capital, leaving mark on the city

National Park Service begins cleanup of vandalized monuments following anti-Israel protest

Anti-Israel protesters swarm Washington during Netanyahu’s address to Congress

FBI Director Wray says Trump questionnaire not created by bureau official

House committee grills FBI director about Trump shooting

Trump wants ‘many’ debates with Harris, but not with ABC News as host

White House, Democrats dig in against calls for Biden to resign

Kamala Harris sets up sit-down with Congress’ Democratic leaders to press for endorsements

House Democrats say Biden is fit to serve out remainder of term

Rep. Clyburn endorses Kamala Harris for president