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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

Whistleblower warns FBI can’t be trusted with background checks for Trump’s nominees

An official at FBI headquarters in Washington is warning that the bureau's security clearance division is politicized and can't be trusted to screen President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top administration jobs.

November 16, 2024

Sen. Ron Johnson displays photo of Rachel Levine and Sam Brinton when asked about Matt Gaetz

Sen. Ron Johnson pushed back on a reporter's question about the House Ethics Committee report related to attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, displaying a photograph of Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Rachel Levine, who is transgender, and non-binary former Biden Department of Energy official Sam Brinton.

November 14, 2024

51 Biden laptop deniers in danger of losing security clearances; letter falsely accused Russia

Several Republican lawmakers want Congress to strip the security clearances of dozens of former U.S. intelligence officials who worked against President-elect Donald Trump in 2020 by asserting that information in the laptop of Hunter Biden was likely Russian disinformation.

November 13, 2024

Justice Department kept FBI employees in the dark for years about whistleblower protections

A new Government Accountability Office report says that the Justice Department kept FBI employees in the dark for seven years after Congress updated whistleblower protections for bureau personnel in 2016.

November 12, 2024

Republicans offer to escort Dave McCormick to Senate orientation in defiance of Schumer

A group of Senate GOP lawmakers say they are ready to defy Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and escort Republican Sen.-elect David McCormick of Pennsylvania into the lower chamber so he can participate in new member orientation this week.

November 10, 2024

FBI winding down investigations of Jan. 6 that are still in pipeline, agency sources say

As Jan. 6 defendants anticipate pardons from President-elect Donald Trump, there are indications that the FBI is winding down any further investigations of the attack on the Capitol in 2021.

November 8, 2024

GOP lawmakers call on Jack Smith to preserve documents related to Trump prosecutions

Two House Republican committee chairmen have called on special counsel Jack Smith to preserve all records surrounding the Biden-Harris administration's prosecutions of now President-elect Donald Trump.

November 8, 2024

FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection

The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington are walking around in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since President-elect Donald Trump won his reelection on Tuesday, according to inside sources.

November 7, 2024

New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito loses reelection to Democrat Laura Gillen

Rep. Anthony D'Esposito of New York, a Republican saddled with a personal scandal in a competitive district, lost his bid for reelection by Democrat Laura Gillen, a lawyer and former Hempstead Town supervisor.

November 7, 2024

Two New York Republicans refuse to concede elections in which they trail

New York Rep. Marcus Molinaro refused to concede a contest called for his Democratic opponent Josh Riley late Tuesday night. Another New York congressional race that remains in limbo is New York's 4th Congressional District, which is represented by Republican Rep. Anthony D'Esposito.

November 6, 2024

Voters reject ranked choice voting and all-party primaries across country

Several states rejected ballot measures this election that would have established ranked choice voting and all-party primary systems in their states.

November 6, 2024

GOP Rep. Marcus Molinaro loses reelection to Democrat Josh Riley

Rep. Marcus Molinaro of New York, a Republican in a swing congressional district, lost his reelection late Tuesday night to Democrat Josh Riley.

November 6, 2024

Republican Rep. Brandon Williams loses bid for reelection in New York

Rep. Brandon Williams of New York, a Republican in a swing congressional district, lost his re-election Tuesday to Democratic State Sen. John Mannion.

November 5, 2024

Hung Cao strikes deal with NBC to air political ads in key time slots after Kaine appears on ‘SNL’

Virginia Republican Senate candidate Hung Cao struck a deal with NBC to receive free political ad time in a key time slot Monday night after his opponent, incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, recently appeared on "Saturday Night Live."

November 4, 2024

Kamala Harris refuses to say how she voted on California’s tough-on-crime initiative

Vice President Kamala Harris won't say how she voted on California's Prop 36, a measure to impose harsher sentences on criminals.

November 4, 2024

Trump calls U.S. an ‘occupied’ country

Former President Donald Trump proclaimed Sunday at a rally in Kinston, North Carolina, that the U.S. is occupied by illegal immigrants who want to do harm to Americans.

November 3, 2024

Prized ‘blue wall’ voters give divergent reasons for Harris, Trump choice at close of tight race

Voters in the "blue wall" states -- Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin -- are expected to largely determine who will be the next U.S. president, and these voters are evenly split with dramatically opposing views on the candidates and what matters in the election.

November 3, 2024

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Whistleblower warns FBI can’t be trusted with background checks for Trump’s nominees

Sen. Ron Johnson displays photo of Rachel Levine and Sam Brinton when asked about Matt Gaetz

51 Biden laptop deniers in danger of losing security clearances; letter falsely accused Russia

Justice Department kept FBI employees in the dark for years about whistleblower protections

Republicans offer to escort Dave McCormick to Senate orientation in defiance of Schumer

FBI winding down investigations of Jan. 6 that are still in pipeline, agency sources say

GOP lawmakers call on Jack Smith to preserve documents related to Trump prosecutions

FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection

New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito loses reelection to Democrat Laura Gillen

Two New York Republicans refuse to concede elections in which they trail

Voters reject ranked choice voting and all-party primaries across country

GOP Rep. Marcus Molinaro loses reelection to Democrat Josh Riley

Republican Rep. Brandon Williams loses bid for reelection in New York

Hung Cao strikes deal with NBC to air political ads in key time slots after Kaine appears on ‘SNL’

Kamala Harris refuses to say how she voted on California’s tough-on-crime initiative

Trump calls U.S. an ‘occupied’ country

Prized ‘blue wall’ voters give divergent reasons for Harris, Trump choice at close of tight race

N.J. GOP congressman mailers trashed by USPS worker at Pennsylvania supermarket

Trump warns of depression if Harris wins

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