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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

‘Tan Mom’ Patricia Krentcil launches Florida Senate bid

Sen. Rick Scott will face off against one of Florida's tannest mothers in the GOP primary this election cycle.

August 17, 2023

Rep. Santos’ ex-fundraiser indicted for allegedly impersonating McCarthy aide

A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was charged on federal counts that he impersonated a senior congressional aide while asking for contributions for the GOP lawmaker's campaign.

August 17, 2023

House GOP lawmaker apologizes for demanding pro-life advocate delete ‘religious freedom’ post

A GOP lawmaker has apologized for a social media post about religious freedom aimed at a pro-life activist, after conservatives and a progressive lawmaker criticized him.

August 16, 2023

Gallego defends military’s gay stand, compares it to Ukraine’s

A House Democrat running in the Arizona senatorial primary says the U.S. military's embrace of LGBTQ and other left-wing cultural fundamentals is no different than the Ukrainian military's values.

August 16, 2023

Republicans slam Biden administration on two-year anniversary of fall of Afghanistan

House Republicans, upon the second anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan, are stepping up their investigations of the Biden administration after learning more about the treatment of families of fallen servicemembers and troops who were injured on the day of the pullout.

August 15, 2023

Illegal immigration animates Republican voters in New Hampshire, giving Trump a leg up on rivals

Republican voters preparing for the first-in-the-nation primary say they want a president who will secure the borders and control the flood of migrants entering the country illegally.

August 14, 2023

Christie’s long road of political vengeance fuels his campaign to destroy Trump

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has a long history of exacting revenge on politicians who cross him, has built a White House run that is almost exclusively a vendetta against former President Donald Trump.

August 11, 2023

Christie hits Trump over federal indictment woes

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted former President Donald Trump over the handful of federal indictments Mr. Trump is currently facing.

August 9, 2023

Chris Christie dares Trump to mock his weight to his face

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit back at former President Donald Trump Tuesday after both delivered remarks to New Hampshire voters at separate events and Mr. Trump referred to a "fat pig" line.

August 9, 2023

Trump campaign launches political ads attacking prosecutors, Biden following third indictment

The Trump campaign wasted no time following his third indictment in releasing political attack ads to show his supporters and his opponents he is "growing even stronger."

August 4, 2023

Feinstein gives up power of attorney to her daughter

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has ceded power of attorney to her daughter to fight two intrafamily lawsuits, as she faces calls to resign her seat in Congress.

August 4, 2023

Trump masks, bullhorns and the MAGA Beast: Activists await ex-president’s arrival at D.C. courthouse

A small band of President Donald Trump's supporters demonstrated Thursday outside a federal courthouse in Washington hours before he was set to be arraigned on criminal charges.

August 3, 2023

Virginia GOP seeks total control of state legislature with early-voting push for November elections

Virginia Republicans are gearing up their new early-voting marketing campaign and process in hopes of gaining an edge over Democrats in the upcoming Nov. 7 Assembly elections.

August 3, 2023

‘An abuse of soft power’: Devon Archer describes Biden’s call-ins to son’s meetings in new interview

The Bidens' former business partner Devon Archer described Hunter Biden's habit of putting then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden on speaker phone when meeting with foreign business associates as "an abuse of soft power."

August 2, 2023

Credit downgrade for U.S government threatens to put the squeeze on Washington and the average Joe

Fitch Ratings' downgrade of the federal government's credit rating is not just an embarrassing black eye for Washington; it also will hit the government -- and possibly average Americans -- in the wallet, economists say.

August 2, 2023

Ramaswamy files lawsuit against DOJ after agency fails to respond to FOIA over Trump docs case

Vivek Ramaswamy announced Tuesday that he had filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department after it failed to respond to his Freedom of Information Act request about the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

August 1, 2023

Lawmakers accuse USAID of pushing radical ideology abroad, offer bill to defund the agency

Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced legislation Tuesday to abolish the United States Agency for International Development, saying the agency promotes "radical leftist ideology" abroad instead of promoting American values.

August 1, 2023

Biden played power role for son’s deals; ex-partner says phone-ins part of ‘influence peddling’

The Bidens' ex-business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers Monday that President Biden's family "was in the business of influence peddling" and that Mr. Biden's 20-plus phone calls into business meetings were central to son Hunter Biden's strategy for cutting lucrative deals.

July 31, 2023

Democrat says no evidence Biden involved in business deals, just said ‘hello’ at meetings

Halfway through Devon Archer's closed-door testimony before a House committee probing the Biden family's foreign business deals, a Democrat emerged to say there's no evidence President Biden was involved in the deals.

July 31, 2023

‘Sound of Freedom’ spurs calls for Senate hearings on human trafficking

Republican senators are pressing for hearings on human trafficking and citing the groundswell of alarm set off by the movie "Sound of Freedom."

July 31, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

‘Tan Mom’ Patricia Krentcil launches Florida Senate bid

Rep. Santos’ ex-fundraiser indicted for allegedly impersonating McCarthy aide

House GOP lawmaker apologizes for demanding pro-life advocate delete ‘religious freedom’ post

Gallego defends military’s gay stand, compares it to Ukraine’s

Republicans slam Biden administration on two-year anniversary of fall of Afghanistan

Illegal immigration animates Republican voters in New Hampshire, giving Trump a leg up on rivals

Christie’s long road of political vengeance fuels his campaign to destroy Trump

Christie hits Trump over federal indictment woes

Chris Christie dares Trump to mock his weight to his face

Trump campaign launches political ads attacking prosecutors, Biden following third indictment

Feinstein gives up power of attorney to her daughter

Trump masks, bullhorns and the MAGA Beast: Activists await ex-president’s arrival at D.C. courthouse

Virginia GOP seeks total control of state legislature with early-voting push for November elections

‘An abuse of soft power’: Devon Archer describes Biden’s call-ins to son’s meetings in new interview

Credit downgrade for U.S government threatens to put the squeeze on Washington and the average Joe

Ramaswamy files lawsuit against DOJ after agency fails to respond to FOIA over Trump docs case

Lawmakers accuse USAID of pushing radical ideology abroad, offer bill to defund the agency

Biden played power role for son’s deals; ex-partner says phone-ins part of ‘influence peddling’

Democrat says no evidence Biden involved in business deals, just said ‘hello’ at meetings

‘Sound of Freedom’ spurs calls for Senate hearings on human trafficking