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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

Speaker Mike Johnson declares the House is ‘back in business’

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed the House was back in business Wednesday after winning the gavel following three weeks of paralysis in the lower chamber without a speaker.

October 25, 2023

House elects Rep. Mike Johnson as new speaker, breaking weekslong stalemate

Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new House speaker Wednesday after three weeks of infighting and chaos, finally uniting around a relative newcomer known as a quiet intellectual and staunch conservative who is dedicated to political civility.

October 25, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Speaker Mike Johnson declares the House is ‘back in business’

House elects Rep. Mike Johnson as new speaker, breaking weekslong stalemate

House Republicans say fourth speaker nominee has the votes to win

Republicans pick Mike Johnson of Louisiana as fourth nominee for speaker

Trump’s scorn helps thwart latest GOP nominee in speaker’s race; Mike Johnson leads field

House Republicans weighing new round of candidates in chaotic speaker’s race

Tom Emmer becomes the latest GOP speaker nominee to drop out

Emmer, new GOP nominee, hunts for enough support to win speaker’s gavel in floor vote

Tom Emmer wins GOP nomination for House speaker

Rep. Donalds drops out as two remaining Republican candidates battle for speaker

Tom Emmer holds lead among four remaining candidates in House GOP’s speaker race

Tom Emmer is in the lead as Republicans vote on candidates for speaker

Seven candidates on the ballot in secret GOP vote for speaker

Eight Republicans make their case for speaker’s job that no one has been able to win

Freedom Caucus calls for GOP leaders to keep Republicans in Washington until speaker is elected

McCarthy endorses Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer for speaker

House Republicans line up to run for speaker after pushing aside Jim Jordan

House Republicans move on from Jim Jordan, will pick a new candidate for speaker

GOP divide deepens after weeks of House speaker chaos

Lawmakers behind McCarthy ouster say they will sacrifice themselves to get Jordan elected speaker