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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

Embattled Rep.-elect George Santos admits he lied about his life story

Rep.-elect George Santos has come clean about not being truthful with voters about his job background and college education, but he said that won't stop him from taking his seat in the House next week.

December 27, 2022

GOP senators blast Republican leadership over massive spending bill

Republican Sens. Ron Johnson and Mike Lee criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans for joining with Democrats to pass a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill despite the objections of House Republicans.

December 25, 2022

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to ditch Electoral College in favor of national popular vote

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland Democrat and a member of the House Jan. 6 select committee, called the Electoral College a "danger" to the country that should be scrapped in favor of a direct popular vote to elect the president.

December 25, 2022

Busloads of migrants arrive near VP Harris’ home on Christmas Eve

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to Fox News, was responsible for the latest transport of illegal immigrants to the Naval Observatory.

December 25, 2022

Raskin says Jan. 6 committee needed DOJ’s ‘panoply’ of resources to continue its work against Trump

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland Democrat and member of the nine-person select committee, said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he is confident prosecutors will continue the work the committee started.

December 25, 2022

China involved in ‘asymmetrical warfare’ against U.S. through fentanyl trafficking, Rep. Fallon says

GOP Rep. Pat Fallon, a House Armed Services Committee member, said that President Biden has "empowered" the drug cartels that control the illegal smuggling of fentanyl from China to Mexico to the U.S.

December 25, 2022

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs new gun permitting law, triggering lawsuit against it

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed new gun control legislation specifying who can carry handguns and where those firearms can be carried.

December 23, 2022

More Santos tricks: His campaign staffer accused of impersonating McCarthy aide in bid for donations

A campaign staffer trying to raise money for Republican Representative-elect George Santos called up donors last year pretending to be Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff, a GOP insider claims.

December 22, 2022

N.Y. Rep.-elect George Santos under pressure to reveal truth about life story

George Santos, a New York Republican elected to his first term in the House last month, is facing questions that he falsified key parts of his biography during the midterm election cycle.

December 22, 2022

Congress’ vast spending bill boosts FBI funding even as whistleblower prompts scrutiny of operations

According to the anonymous whistleblower, the scheme's purpose was to boost the FBI's budget requests to Congress and the year-end spending bill shows the bureau is getting over and above what it received in fiscal year 2022.

December 21, 2022

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel blames greedy consultants for hobbling GOP’s inexperienced candidates

Ronna McDaniel, who is poised to capture a historic fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee, has not only absolved herself of any responsibility for the string of disappointing elections for the GOP on her watch but also has given former President Donald Trump a pass.

December 21, 2022

Boebert-MTG fight over McCarthy speakership spills out online

Two of the House Republicans' most vocal conservative firebrands duked it out online over the speakership battle that will decide whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has enough support in his conference to win the gavel in January.

December 21, 2022

Ronna McDaniel lassos back RNC member who strayed from her reelection herd

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is working overtime to hold together the support she needs for reelection next month, personally intervening -- including calling reporters -- when any of the committee members supporting her waver.

December 19, 2022

FBI whistleblower: Bosses cooked books on Jan. 6 inquiry to snooker feds for more funding

An FBI whistleblower has accused bureau officials of cooking the books to conceal the number of work hours devoted to the Jan. 6 investigation and inflate time spent on other cases.

December 16, 2022

House passes bill to give Puerto Rico binding referendum on ending U.S. territory status

The House passed legislation Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold its first-ever binding referendum on whether to end its U.S. territorial status and become a state, or gain independent status.

December 15, 2022

GOP lawmakers call on Biden to release records of censorship collusion with social media platforms

Republicans who have accused the Biden administration of colluding with social media firms to trample on free speech rights on Wednesday teed up a resolution of inquiry requesting records of communications between the White House and the tech giants.

December 14, 2022

McCarthy rejects criticism he’s angling for speaker with chest-thumping about year-end spending bill

"Just 20 days until the new House Republican majority ..." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declared on former President Trump's Truth Social media platform Wednesday morning, hours after Senate GOP leadership announced that congressional negotiators were near an agreement to fund the federal government with a massive year-end spending bill.

December 14, 2022

GOP lawmaker grills transgender activist over past tweets threatening Supreme Court justices

Rep. Nancy Mace scrutinized a transgender activist during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing over previous violent online statements the activist made against conservative Supreme Court justices.

December 13, 2022

Race for RNC chair heats up as Ronna McDaniel challenger picks up big endorsements

Ronna McDaniel has pledges of support from 108 of the 168 Republican National Committee members voting in next month's chairmanship race -- but RNC insiders say a fourth term for Mrs. McDaniel isn't a done deal.

December 11, 2022

Biden energy official Sam Brinton charged with second luggage theft, this time in Las Vegas

Sam Brinton, the first gender-fluid person with a high-ranking post at the Department of Energy, who is facing felony charges for stealing designer luggage at a Minneapolis airport, has been accused of another luggage theft at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

December 9, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Embattled Rep.-elect George Santos admits he lied about his life story

GOP senators blast Republican leadership over massive spending bill

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to ditch Electoral College in favor of national popular vote

Busloads of migrants arrive near VP Harris’ home on Christmas Eve

Raskin says Jan. 6 committee needed DOJ’s ‘panoply’ of resources to continue its work against Trump

China involved in ‘asymmetrical warfare’ against U.S. through fentanyl trafficking, Rep. Fallon says

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs new gun permitting law, triggering lawsuit against it

More Santos tricks: His campaign staffer accused of impersonating McCarthy aide in bid for donations

N.Y. Rep.-elect George Santos under pressure to reveal truth about life story

Congress’ vast spending bill boosts FBI funding even as whistleblower prompts scrutiny of operations

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel blames greedy consultants for hobbling GOP’s inexperienced candidates

Boebert-MTG fight over McCarthy speakership spills out online

Ronna McDaniel lassos back RNC member who strayed from her reelection herd

FBI whistleblower: Bosses cooked books on Jan. 6 inquiry to snooker feds for more funding

House passes bill to give Puerto Rico binding referendum on ending U.S. territory status

GOP lawmakers call on Biden to release records of censorship collusion with social media platforms

McCarthy rejects criticism he’s angling for speaker with chest-thumping about year-end spending bill

GOP lawmaker grills transgender activist over past tweets threatening Supreme Court justices

Race for RNC chair heats up as Ronna McDaniel challenger picks up big endorsements

Biden energy official Sam Brinton charged with second luggage theft, this time in Las Vegas