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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 Republicans demand more information about State Department’s alleged censorship

House Republican lawmakers on the Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accusing the State Department's Global Engagement Center of censorship and demanded more information.

May 2, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenas federal agencies for information on censorship through Big Tech

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed officials from three federal agencies for documents and information related to the committee's investigation into how the government coordinated with private companies and other third-party groups to censor speech.

April 28, 2023

Republicans set sights on eliminating Obama-era federal consumer protection bureau

Rep. Byron Donalds has reintroduced legislation to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Obama-era creation that conservatives have long criticized as a government red-tape factory with no accountability to voters.

April 28, 2023

FBI director: 22% budget cut will hurt agency’s fight against violent crime, espionage

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told lawmakers on a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday that cuts to the agency's 2024 budget would seriously harm the bureau's efforts against international espionage and violent criminals, including meddling by China.

April 27, 2023

Lawmakers seek more protections for Americans before reauthorizing FISA

Lawmakers on a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday pressed government watchdogs on how to clamp down on the FBI's use of warrantless surveillance of American citizens through its spying on foreign nationals.

April 27, 2023

ATF director faces scrutiny over skills, gun control regulations

Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faced fire Wednesday from House Republican lawmakers over his alleged lack of expertise and candor in his position.

April 26, 2023

House Oversight chairman threatens subpoena for information about John Kerry’s role in Biden admin

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer reiterated a threat Tuesday to subpoena information on John Kerry's role as special climate envoy if the Biden administration does not produce documents and information to his congressional panel.

April 25, 2023

Biden family profited from human trafficking scheme, House investigators say

Two Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee say the Biden family profited from a human trafficking scheme that included a prostitution ring in the U.S. and countries such as Russia and Ukraine.

April 19, 2023

Mitt Romney faces potential primary trouble, new poll shows

A new poll shows Sen. Mitt Romney has the approval of most voters in Utah, but the numbers also show he is vulnerable to a potential primary challenge.

April 19, 2023

NYC crime victim accuses Democrats of choosing politics over public safety

A mother whose adult son was stabbed to death in Harlem lashed out at a Democratic congressman on Monday for insulting her intelligence by talking about Donald Trump instead of the city's crime problem.

April 17, 2023

Victims air anger over DA Alvin Bragg’s policies on crime

Crime victims and their families blamed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his refusal to prosecute serious offenses as the root of the violent crime problem in the city, as House Republicans turned the spotlight Monday on the Democrat who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump.

April 17, 2023

House Judiciary Committee members to include New York lawmakers in field hearing focused on crime

House Judiciary Committee members on both sides of the aisle are expected to include their New York colleagues for a hearing Monday in Manhattan focused on soaring crime in the city, against a backdrop of scrutinizing Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

April 14, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

House Republicans demand more information about State Department’s alleged censorship

Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenas federal agencies for information on censorship through Big Tech

Republicans set sights on eliminating Obama-era federal consumer protection bureau

FBI director: 22% budget cut will hurt agency’s fight against violent crime, espionage

Lawmakers seek more protections for Americans before reauthorizing FISA

ATF director faces scrutiny over skills, gun control regulations

House Oversight chairman threatens subpoena for information about John Kerry’s role in Biden admin

Biden family profited from human trafficking scheme, House investigators say

Mitt Romney faces potential primary trouble, new poll shows

NYC crime victim accuses Democrats of choosing politics over public safety

Victims air anger over DA Alvin Bragg’s policies on crime

House Judiciary Committee members to include New York lawmakers in field hearing focused on crime

House Dem leader pressed to apologize for comparing Black conservatives to slaves in past editorial

Feds want no jail time for a pro-abortion vandal who defaced a church, assaulted a church worker

House GOP rebels change their tune on McCarthy: ‘He’s doing a good job’

Rep. Wexton diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

FBI’s plan to spy on Catholic churches was shared with bureau field offices across U.S.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in the hot seat as Rep. Jim Jordan plans field hearing on crime

Trump slams DeSantis, Biden, criminal probes in wide-ranging criticisms of election interference

Cracks emerge in House GOP support for Trump