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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

Biden boasts his cooperation with special counsel cleared him in documents case

President Biden gloated to fellow Democrats Thursday about being cleared by the Justice Department's special counsel over mishandling classified documents, drawing a distinction between his cooperation and that of former President Donald Trump in a similar probe.

February 8, 2024

House’s Hispanic lawmakers chide Senate Democrats for excluding them from border talks

The Hispanic contingent at the House Democrats' annual retreat criticized their Senate colleagues for excluding them from negotiations on border security and immigration legislation.

February 8, 2024

House Democrats, at annual retreat, say they won’t shun Biden on campaign trail

LEESBURG, Va. -- Democrats huddled here Wednesday to plot legislative strategy for the presidential election year with President Biden mired in historically low poll numbers.

February 7, 2024

Washington’s expansive gun-free zones disarm workers caught in the D.C. crime wave

Amid an explosion of violent carjackings and armed thefts in downtown Washington, workers who have permits to carry concealed handguns are still forced to go unarmed throughout the city.

February 7, 2024

Matt Gaetz endorses longtime foe Kevin McCarthy for next RNC chair

Rep. Matt Gaetz has endorsed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be the next Republican National Committee chairman following news that the current chair, Ronna McDaniel, plans to resign at the end of the month.

February 7, 2024

RNC leader to resign under pressure from conservatives; Trump sought change amid poor fundraising

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is planning to resign, GOP sources told The Washington Times.

February 6, 2024

Border bill takes center stage in high-stakes N.Y. special election to replace George Santos

The Senate border bill and illegal immigration are now the focus of the New York special election to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos.

February 6, 2024

Trump says change is probably coming to Republican National Committee

Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that changes may be happening at the Republican National Committee.

February 4, 2024

FBI deleted records related to anti-Catholic memo, GOP lawmakers say

Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they are seeking "action and accountability" after discovering new details and discrepancies surrounding an anti-Catholic memo prepared by analysts last year in the FBI's Richmond, Virginia field office.

February 1, 2024

Republicans pour more money into New York special election to replace George Santos

House Republicans dumped more ad money into the high-stakes New York special election to replace disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos.

February 1, 2024

Ahead of House vote, Norquist calls tax relief bill a win for conservatives

Conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist lauded the tax relief legislation that House lawmakers will vote on later Wednesday, calling it a bill that blends the Reagan agenda with an extension of parts of the Trump tax cuts.

January 31, 2024

Factions on FISA told to negotiate overhaul; Republican hawks, watchdogs clash

House Speaker Mike Johnson has been pressuring two committees to stop butting heads and quickly meld their competing bills to rewrite the government's most powerful spy power, The Washington Times has learned.

January 30, 2024

Rep. Cori Bush under criminal investigation for misuse of campaign funds for ‘bodyguard’ she married

Rep. Cori Bush, the far-left Squad member, is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly misusing campaign funds to pay a bodyguard whom she later married.

January 30, 2024

Conservative activists to confront RNC at winter meeting in Las Vegas

Conservative activists plan to gather at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Las Vegas to deliver their grievances, sparking fears they will push a no-confidence vote against RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel.

January 27, 2024

RNC seeking new credit line to help climb out of money hole

The cash-strapped Republican National Committee will consider opening a line of credit when members gather for their winter meeting that starts Tuesday in Las Vegas, The Washington Times has learned.

January 26, 2024

House Jan. 6 committee files shielded from GOP due to ‘national security,’ top Democrat says

Federal agencies are withholding some Jan. 6 witness transcripts from House Republican investigators due to "national security" concerns, the Democrat who led the now-disbanded committee has revealed.

January 25, 2024

RNC chairwoman urges Nikki Haley to withdraw from presidential campaign

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called on Nikki Haley to consider withdrawing from the presidential race Tuesday night.

January 24, 2024

GOP congressional leaders declare Trump ‘presumptive nominee’

Leaders of the GOP House and Senate congressional campaign arms declared former President Donald Trump the party's "presumptive nominee" without waiting for Tuesday night's results from the first Republican primary in New Hampshire.

January 23, 2024

Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee accused of deleting over 100 files before GOP took control of House

The now-defunct House Select Committee on Jan. 6 destroyed more than 100 encrypted files from its 2021 investigation before Republicans took over the chamber, House investigators say.

January 23, 2024

Bowman apologizes for lauding pro-Hamas speaker at district event

Rep. Jamaal Bowman is apologizing for introducing with praise a speaker who has accused Jews of exploiting the Holocaust to legitimize Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

January 22, 2024

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Biden boasts his cooperation with special counsel cleared him in documents case

House’s Hispanic lawmakers chide Senate Democrats for excluding them from border talks

House Democrats, at annual retreat, say they won’t shun Biden on campaign trail

Washington’s expansive gun-free zones disarm workers caught in the D.C. crime wave

Matt Gaetz endorses longtime foe Kevin McCarthy for next RNC chair

RNC leader to resign under pressure from conservatives; Trump sought change amid poor fundraising

Border bill takes center stage in high-stakes N.Y. special election to replace George Santos

Trump says change is probably coming to Republican National Committee

FBI deleted records related to anti-Catholic memo, GOP lawmakers say

Republicans pour more money into New York special election to replace George Santos

Ahead of House vote, Norquist calls tax relief bill a win for conservatives

Factions on FISA told to negotiate overhaul; Republican hawks, watchdogs clash

Rep. Cori Bush under criminal investigation for misuse of campaign funds for ‘bodyguard’ she married

Conservative activists to confront RNC at winter meeting in Las Vegas

RNC seeking new credit line to help climb out of money hole

House Jan. 6 committee files shielded from GOP due to ‘national security,’ top Democrat says

RNC chairwoman urges Nikki Haley to withdraw from presidential campaign

GOP congressional leaders declare Trump ‘presumptive nominee’

Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee accused of deleting over 100 files before GOP took control of House

Bowman apologizes for lauding pro-Hamas speaker at district event