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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

Lawmakers to examine influence of ‘extreme’ environmental activist groups in the Interior Department

House lawmakers will hold an oversight hearing Tuesday to scrutinize the influence of what Republicans call "radical" environmental activist groups in the Department of the Interior.

April 29, 2024

Anti-Israel student protesters at Columbia University say they are not pro-Hamas, just anti-Israel

Anti-Israel demonstrators who have shut down Columbia University insist they are not pro-Hamas but blame the Jewish State for the Middle East conflict that exploded with the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

April 26, 2024

Speaker Johnson says Biden should call in National Guard to quell protests at colleges

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he thinks the president should call in the National Guard to calm the anti-Israel protests on college campuses if they fail to diminish on their own.

April 24, 2024

Speaker Johnson confronts Columbia protesters, calls on university president to resign

House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel protest turmoil, chiding school officials for allowing "lawless agitators and radicals" to take over the campus.

April 24, 2024

Speaker Johnson urges Columbia president to resign, scolds student protesters to ‘go back to class’

House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign Wednesday over her handling of anti-Israel protest turmoil, declaring in an extraordinary visit to the Ivy League university that school officials have allowed "lawless agitators" to take over the campus.

April 24, 2024

GOP senators urge Biden to mobilize National Guard to protect Jewish college students

Sens. Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton called on President Biden to mobilize the National Guard to protect Jewish American college students in response to anti-Israel, pro-terrorist demonstrations on campuses.

April 23, 2024

New poll shows Trump trailing Biden in New York by 10 points

Former President Donald Trump trails President Biden in deep-blue New York by just 10 percentage points, according to a new poll.

April 22, 2024

Senators want changes to House-passed aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan but bill on fast track

The Senate is expected to easily pass the House's $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan this week but not before several senators who oppose the bundle have their say.

April 22, 2024

Spies get green light to snoop, for now, as Biden signs FISA extension reaching into Americans’ data

The intelligence community won a new expansion of snooping powers from Congress but opponents managed to cut the extension to just two years, meaning Capitol Hill will revisit the fight a lot sooner than the spy community had wanted.

April 21, 2024

Senate clears key government surveillance tool shortly after midnight lapse

The Senate voted to reauthorize the government's chief surveillance tool early Saturday, clearing the measure for President Biden's signature with only a brief lapse of the spying power.

April 20, 2024

Schumer, McConnell call for swift renewal of key spy law before deadline

The top Senate Democratic and GOP leaders called on lawmakers Friday to unite behind the government surveillance reauthorization bill before the legislation's key spying component expires at midnight.

April 19, 2024

Senate advances FISA’s powerful spy power tool that may lapse Friday

Senate lawmakers advanced legislation to reauthorize a critical government surveillance tool, but bipartisan opposition may prevent final passage in time to stop a lapse of the law at midnight Friday.

April 18, 2024

Whistleblowers accuse senior Army officials of lying about National Guard response on Jan. 6

National Guard whistleblowers accused Army brass of lying about why the National Guard was delayed in their deployment to the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

April 17, 2024

Senators balk at surveillance law expansion that could loop in cable providers

An obscure provision in legislation to reauthorize the government's chief spying tool has raised new alarms in the Senate as it scrambles to renew the authority by a Friday deadline.

April 16, 2024

Johnson puts forth separate House measures on Ukraine and Israel this week

House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday night his proposal to pass four separate measures this week to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, risking his speakership if he advanced any funding legislation for Ukraine.

April 15, 2024

House FISA legislation heads to Senate after failed last-ditch bid to stop it

A bill reauthorizing the government's chief spying tool is on its way to the Senate after House lawmakers on Monday swatted down a last-ditch bid to block it.

April 15, 2024

GOP privacy hawks get another chance to torpedo FISA

A group of House Republicans will get another chance to sink the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's warrantless spying with a vote to reconsider the bill's passage.

April 15, 2024

Whistleblower testimony to shed light on National Guard’s delayed response to Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

House lawmakers this week will hear from whistleblowers who say they have information about why the National Guard's response to the Capitol riot was severely delayed.

April 15, 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson explains his flip-flop on warrants for FISA spying on Americans

House Speaker Mike Johnson once wanted to add a warrant requirement to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before switching his position -- a switch this week that helped derail the renewal of the spying law.

April 11, 2024

House derails vote to renew FISA after Trump trashes the bill

A bill to reauthorize the government's top power was blocked from reaching a floor vote on Wednesday by a group of Republicans who wanted more restrictions placed on the FBI.

April 10, 2024

The Anti-Weaponization Fund: Trump’s $1.776 billion plan may be down — but is it out?

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Lawmakers to examine influence of ‘extreme’ environmental activist groups in the Interior Department

Anti-Israel student protesters at Columbia University say they are not pro-Hamas, just anti-Israel

Speaker Johnson says Biden should call in National Guard to quell protests at colleges

Speaker Johnson confronts Columbia protesters, calls on university president to resign

Speaker Johnson urges Columbia president to resign, scolds student protesters to ‘go back to class’

GOP senators urge Biden to mobilize National Guard to protect Jewish college students

New poll shows Trump trailing Biden in New York by 10 points

Senators want changes to House-passed aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan but bill on fast track

Spies get green light to snoop, for now, as Biden signs FISA extension reaching into Americans’ data

Senate clears key government surveillance tool shortly after midnight lapse

Schumer, McConnell call for swift renewal of key spy law before deadline

Senate advances FISA’s powerful spy power tool that may lapse Friday

Whistleblowers accuse senior Army officials of lying about National Guard response on Jan. 6

Senators balk at surveillance law expansion that could loop in cable providers

Johnson puts forth separate House measures on Ukraine and Israel this week

House FISA legislation heads to Senate after failed last-ditch bid to stop it

GOP privacy hawks get another chance to torpedo FISA

Whistleblower testimony to shed light on National Guard’s delayed response to Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

Speaker Mike Johnson explains his flip-flop on warrants for FISA spying on Americans

House derails vote to renew FISA after Trump trashes the bill