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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

Wray says claim of multiple field offices involved in Catholic probe is ‘garble’

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday it is a distortion for critics to claim that numerous FBI field offices beyond Richmond, Virginia, were involved in investigating whether traditional Catholics posed a terrorist threat.

December 5, 2023

FBI director says U.S. facing high level of threats: ‘I see blinking lights everywhere’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators Tuesday that he has never seen the U.S. face as dire a set of threats as it does today.

December 5, 2023

House Judiciary Committee demands warrant, other safeguards on feds’ FISA spy powers

The House Judiciary Committee released new legislation Monday to overhaul the government's main electronic spying law, proposing new limits on who can access the trove of communications and demanding the FBI get a warrant if it wants to run Americans' identities through the database.

December 4, 2023

IG launches probe into GSA’s site selection process for FBI’s new headquarters

The Office of Inspector General for the General Services Administration plans to investigate the agency's site selection process for the FBI's new headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.

November 30, 2023

Capitol Hill turf war breaks out over rewrite of government’s FISA spy powers

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees are fighting over how to rewrite rules for the government's chief spying tool before it expires at year's end.

November 30, 2023

Bill would require study of mental, academic effects of cellphone use on students in classrooms

Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have drawn up legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Education to complete a study on the effects of cellphone use in K-12 classrooms on students' mental health and academic performance.

November 27, 2023

Poll shows record high gun ownership among U.S. voters

Gun ownership among voters in the U.S. is at a record high, according to a new poll that has asked the question since 1999.

November 24, 2023

Univision CEO defends network’s interview with Trump after liberal backlash

TelevisaUnivision CEO Wade Davis is fending off Democrats' fierce criticism of the network's interview with former President Donald Trump.

November 22, 2023

Trump appointee sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes refuses to turn on the former president

Some Jan. 6 defendants have recanted and said they were misled by former President Donald Trump, but not Federico Klein, who said that if there was a real victim in that chaos at the U.S. Capitol that day, it was Mr. Trump.

November 22, 2023

Biden has yet to congratulate libertarian President-elect Milei of Argentina on his election victory

President Biden has yet to personally congratulate President-elect Javier Milei of Argentina following his enormous electoral victory.

November 21, 2023

Argentina political earthquake elates conservatives, concerns China

China reacted warily Monday while former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans celebrated the news that firebrand libertarian conservative Javier Milei had scored a decisive victory over an establishment candidate in Argentina's presidential runoff Sunday.

November 20, 2023

Republicans applaud election of new Argentine President Javier Milei

Former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans congratulated and praised Argentina's president-elect, Javier Milei, a libertarian conservative who decisively defeated Economy Minister Sergio Massa of the Peronists on Sunday.

November 20, 2023

FBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdiction

Top FBI officials ordered an agent to scrub his Facebook page to delete anti-Trump vitriol before they would promote him to head the bureau's Miami field office, a whistleblower has told Congress.

November 20, 2023

Speaker Johnson announces public access to Capitol security video from Jan. 6

House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the decision of the House Administration Committee to release the majority of the security footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

November 17, 2023

Major pro-Israel lobby ramping up fundraising against Democratic Squad members

The Democratic-leaning American Israel Public Affairs Committee is expected to pour up to $100 million into primary races to knock out the far-left House Democrats known as "the Squad" because of their anti-Israel activism, according to a new report.

November 17, 2023

Matt Gaetz says Jan. 6 tapes will be released within ‘days’

The security tapes of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will be viewable to every member of the public in a matter of days, Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday.

November 16, 2023

Democrat Dan Kildee of Michigan won’t seek reelection to House seat

Rep. Dan Kildee announced Thursday he would not run for re-election in 2024 and will leave Congress at the end of his term.

November 16, 2023

Massive pro-Israel rally assembles on National Mall, decries antisemitism in U.S.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators assembled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to show support for Israel and to condemn mounting antisemitism as the Jewish state wages war against the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza.

November 14, 2023

As many as 60,000 pro-Israel marchers expected Tuesday on the National Mall

A massive pro-Israel rally is scheduled to happen in front of the U.S. Capitol and around the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday.

November 13, 2023

FBI seizes NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ cell phones in campaign probe

The FBI seized cell phones used by New York City Mayor Eric Adams as part of a federal corruption probe into his campaign.

November 10, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Wray says claim of multiple field offices involved in Catholic probe is ‘garble’

FBI director says U.S. facing high level of threats: ‘I see blinking lights everywhere’

House Judiciary Committee demands warrant, other safeguards on feds’ FISA spy powers

IG launches probe into GSA’s site selection process for FBI’s new headquarters

Capitol Hill turf war breaks out over rewrite of government’s FISA spy powers

Bill would require study of mental, academic effects of cellphone use on students in classrooms

Poll shows record high gun ownership among U.S. voters

Univision CEO defends network’s interview with Trump after liberal backlash

Trump appointee sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes refuses to turn on the former president

Biden has yet to congratulate libertarian President-elect Milei of Argentina on his election victory

Argentina political earthquake elates conservatives, concerns China

Republicans applaud election of new Argentine President Javier Milei

FBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdiction

Speaker Johnson announces public access to Capitol security video from Jan. 6

Major pro-Israel lobby ramping up fundraising against Democratic Squad members

Matt Gaetz says Jan. 6 tapes will be released within ‘days’

Democrat Dan Kildee of Michigan won’t seek reelection to House seat

Massive pro-Israel rally assembles on National Mall, decries antisemitism in U.S.

As many as 60,000 pro-Israel marchers expected Tuesday on the National Mall

FBI seizes NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ cell phones in campaign probe