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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

Matt Gaetz to try to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker this week, payback for making deals with Dems

Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Sunday he would attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top job in the House.

October 1, 2023

McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about gaining enough support to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure requiring Democrat votes to pass the lower chamber.

September 30, 2023

House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, sends to Senate

In an unexpected twist, the House on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill with just hours until a government shutdown with Democrats providing the necessary votes to pass Speaker Kevin McCarthy's "clean" bill.

September 30, 2023

Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on ‘tenuous’ ground

Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference to pass twelve spending measures.

September 30, 2023

Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy’s new stopgap bill

House Democrats are scrambling to buy time to figure out their position on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's stopgap bill, using arcane rules to buy as many minutes as they can.

September 30, 2023

McCarthy, GOP regroup following staggering stopgap defeat, plan to try again Saturday

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy went back to the drawing board after a large faction of his Republicans shot down a stopgap spending bill, saying he would try again on Saturday just hours before the shutdown deadline.

September 29, 2023

McCarthy confident speakership intact as temporary spending measure fails

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brushed off any concerns that Republican lawmakers are gunning for his job, but the looming government shutdown is haunting the California Republican.

September 29, 2023

Biden plans to sign legislation reversing administration’s move to defund shooting sports in schools

Veto-proof supermajorities in both the House and Senate sent legislation to President Biden intended to stop the administration's move to defund shooting-sports programs in schools through its interpretation of a previous law.

September 28, 2023

Progressive activist says Senate dress code is discriminatory against transgender individuals

A progressive activist questioned whether the Senate's dress code of business attire discriminates against transgender individuals.

September 28, 2023

Jeffries urges House Republicans to bring Senate temporary spending measure to floor

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on House Republicans to support the Senate's temporary spending bill as a way to avert a government shutdown Saturday.

September 28, 2023

Ramaswamy skewered at GOP debate for his TikTok account and Chinese business deals

Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy's GOP rivals scrutinized him during the debate Wednesday for joining TikTok and profiting from Chinese business deals.

September 27, 2023

DeSantis, Christie rip Trump for skipping debate

Former President Donald Trump was denounced by his Republican opponents Wednesday night for failing to show up on the debate stage and defend his record.

September 27, 2023

Jan. 6 prosecutor accused of stabbing motorist on Tampa roadway

A Jan. 6 prosecutor from Tampa who helped the federal government indict Florida residents accused of participating in the riots at the U.S. Capitol is in his own legal trouble.

September 27, 2023

House passes amendment to slash Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s pay to $1

The House Wednesday passed an amendment proposed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene that would slash the salary of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to $1.

September 27, 2023

GOP lawmakers press Pentagon about plans to send military advisers to Ukraine

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday warned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin against sending U.S. military advisers to Ukraine.

September 27, 2023

Rep. Matt Gaetz not ready to say who would replace an ousted Speaker McCarthy

Rep. Matt Gaetz avoided giving any names when pressed on who he would want as the new House speaker if he succeeds in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job.

September 27, 2023

New poll shows Virginia Democrat down big after online sex scandal

A Democratic candidate running for Virginia's State House is down by over 10 points among likely voters in her district in the wake of a scandal over her performance of online sex shows for "tips" with her husband.

September 26, 2023

Senate to move first on stopgap bill while McCarthy blames Biden for shutdown showdown

The Senate is leapfrogging the House with a stopgap spending bill ahead of the Saturday shutdown deadline when government funding expires.

September 26, 2023

House GOP tees up another attempt to approve spending bills as Trump, McCarthy clash on shutdown

House Republicans will make another attempt to resolve their impasse on spending bills Tuesday, while one GOP lawmaker joined the ranks of those opposing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's effort to prevent a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.

September 25, 2023

FBI defied agents with aggressive approach to search of Trump’s home

The Justice Department pushed for an aggressive approach to search for classified documents at Donald Trump's home after overruling agents who wanted to try to gain the former president's cooperation, a senior FBI official said.

September 24, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Matt Gaetz to try to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker this week, payback for making deals with Dems

McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure

House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, sends to Senate

Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on ‘tenuous’ ground

Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy’s new stopgap bill

McCarthy, GOP regroup following staggering stopgap defeat, plan to try again Saturday

McCarthy confident speakership intact as temporary spending measure fails

Biden plans to sign legislation reversing administration’s move to defund shooting sports in schools

Progressive activist says Senate dress code is discriminatory against transgender individuals

Jeffries urges House Republicans to bring Senate temporary spending measure to floor

Ramaswamy skewered at GOP debate for his TikTok account and Chinese business deals

DeSantis, Christie rip Trump for skipping debate

Jan. 6 prosecutor accused of stabbing motorist on Tampa roadway

House passes amendment to slash Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s pay to $1

GOP lawmakers press Pentagon about plans to send military advisers to Ukraine

Rep. Matt Gaetz not ready to say who would replace an ousted Speaker McCarthy

New poll shows Virginia Democrat down big after online sex scandal

Senate to move first on stopgap bill while McCarthy blames Biden for shutdown showdown

House GOP tees up another attempt to approve spending bills as Trump, McCarthy clash on shutdown

FBI defied agents with aggressive approach to search of Trump’s home