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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

House progressives trash Biden’s cluster bomb deal for Ukraine

House progressives are breaking with President Biden over his deal to ship cluster bombs to Ukraine to demolish Russian armored vehicles and kill Russian troops.

July 8, 2023

Rep. Grace Napolitano announces retirement

Rep. Grace Napolitano Saturday announced she will retire at the end of this Congressional term.

July 8, 2023

IRS commissioner tells agency employees of right to directly inform Congress about their concerns

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told employees in a new memo about their constitutional and statutory right to make protected disclosures to Congress.

July 8, 2023

David Axelrod says Cornel West poses potential electoral threat to Biden reelection

Democratic consultant David Axelrod warned that Green Party candidate Cornel West could harm President Biden's reelection bid by pulling away votes toward the progressive academic, thereby helping former President Donald Trump.

July 8, 2023

Judge awards Steve Bannon’s former attorneys $480K after ex-Trump official refused to pay legal bill

Former Trump White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon is on the hook for more than $480,000 after a New York judge ruled in favor of his ex-legal team's claim that he snubbed them on payment.

July 8, 2023

Conservatives release ads attacking liberal orthodoxy on culture war issues ahead of 2024 election

Two conservative organizations recently released separate hard-hitting ad campaigns tackling school choice and abortion.

July 8, 2023

D.C. Bar disciplinary panel calls for disbarring Giuliani

The D.C. Bar Association on Friday recommended that former Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani be disbarred over his attempt to challenge the 2020 election.

July 7, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene expelled from House Freedom Caucus

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is no longer a member of the House Freedom Caucus.

July 6, 2023

Sen. Cotton asks Secret Service about arresting owner of White House cocaine stash

A Republican lawmaker wants to know more about how a stash of cocaine wound up at the White House last weekend and whether the Secret Service will make an arrest if the culprit is identified.

July 6, 2023

Former GOP lawmaker Denver Riggleman questions validity of Hunter Biden laptop

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman, who advised the House's disbanded Jan. 6 select committee and is working with Hunter Biden's legal team, claimed the contents on Mr. Biden's laptop are not verified, despite numerous news organizations and the FBI validating it.

July 5, 2023

Oath Keepers leader convicted of seditious conspiracy warns Trump: ‘You’re going to be found guilty’

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, staring down an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said his trial laid out a blueprint for how special counsel Jack Smith will convict former President Donald Trump.

July 4, 2023

‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group

Parent activists at the Moms for Liberty annual summit roared at the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center for putting them on the "hate map" and calling them an "extremist group."

July 2, 2023

From soccer moms to parent activists: Moms for Liberty harness a powerful political movement

Moms for Liberty flexed its newfound political muscle when a series of top Republican presidential contenders made the pilgrimage to woo support at the national summit of the seedling activist group focused on parental rights.

July 1, 2023

Gaetz asks FBI’s Wray for answers about a BLM-demonstrating agent who got promoted

Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to provide information about an agent believed to have been promoted after she took a knee in solidarity while in uniform and on duty at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest.

June 29, 2023

Federal cybersecurity agency accused of trampling on Americans’ First Amendment rights

The Homeland Security Department is using its division on countering cyberthreats to act as "speech police," and is trying to hide that fact, House lawmakers said.

June 27, 2023

Gaetz, Greene move to defund salary of ATF director

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene said Monday they will send a measure to the House Appropriations panel that defunds the salary of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach.

June 26, 2023

Ted Cruz calls for special counsel to probe AG Garland while House GOP threatens impeachment inquiry

Republicans in both chambers are preparing to go after Attorney General Merrick Garland over allegations he obstructed and later lied about the investigation into President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

June 26, 2023

Whistleblower: FBI threatened to fire agents who criticized emphasis on Jan. 6 investigations

An FBI whistleblower has revealed to Congress that Deputy Director Paul Abbate threatened to fire employees who said there were disparities in the responses to the U.S. Capitol riot in 2021 and the George Floyd riots in 2020.

June 25, 2023

GOP lawmakers introduce resolutions to expunge Trump impeachments

Two House Republican lawmakers Thursday introduced resolutions that would expunge both impeachments the chamber made against former President Trump.

June 22, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Lauren Boebert ‘little b——’ in heated House floor confrontation

The angry exchange between the two Freedom Caucus members was caught on C-SPAN cameras, and both were arguing over their respective resolutions to impeach President Biden.

June 22, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

House progressives trash Biden’s cluster bomb deal for Ukraine

Rep. Grace Napolitano announces retirement

IRS commissioner tells agency employees of right to directly inform Congress about their concerns

David Axelrod says Cornel West poses potential electoral threat to Biden reelection

Judge awards Steve Bannon’s former attorneys $480K after ex-Trump official refused to pay legal bill

Conservatives release ads attacking liberal orthodoxy on culture war issues ahead of 2024 election

D.C. Bar disciplinary panel calls for disbarring Giuliani

Marjorie Taylor Greene expelled from House Freedom Caucus

Sen. Cotton asks Secret Service about arresting owner of White House cocaine stash

Former GOP lawmaker Denver Riggleman questions validity of Hunter Biden laptop

Oath Keepers leader convicted of seditious conspiracy warns Trump: ‘You’re going to be found guilty’

‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group

From soccer moms to parent activists: Moms for Liberty harness a powerful political movement

Gaetz asks FBI’s Wray for answers about a BLM-demonstrating agent who got promoted

Federal cybersecurity agency accused of trampling on Americans’ First Amendment rights

Gaetz, Greene move to defund salary of ATF director

Ted Cruz calls for special counsel to probe AG Garland while House GOP threatens impeachment inquiry

Whistleblower: FBI threatened to fire agents who criticized emphasis on Jan. 6 investigations

GOP lawmakers introduce resolutions to expunge Trump impeachments

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Lauren Boebert ‘little b——’ in heated House floor confrontation