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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

Rubio urges Biden to ask Buttigieg for his resignation

Sen. Marco Rubio urged President Biden Thursday to request the "immediate resignation" of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, calling him incompetent and disengaged.

February 16, 2023

Jordan calls for more documents on FBI’s rescinded anti-Catholic memo

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said Thursday that he and fellow committee Republican Rep. Mike Johnson have called on FBI Director Christopher B. Wray to turn over information on a since-rescinded FBI memo that specified certain Catholics as "violent extremists."

February 16, 2023

Republicans say State Department less willing to help with Marc Fogel than with Brittney Griner

GOP lawmakers say the Biden State Department is not placing the same urgency to bring home American Marc Fogel, who Russian authorities have imprisoned, that officials put on WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was in a similar situation last year.

February 16, 2023

Rep. Biggs tells FBI director GOP lawmakers undecided on reauthorization of FISA over past abuses

Rep. Andy Biggs told FBI leadership that he and his colleagues are reconsidering their support of the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, based on findings from a report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

February 15, 2023

Justice Department decides not to indict Gaetz in sex trafficking probe

The Justice Department will not file charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz following a yearslong federal sex-trafficking probe of the Florida Republican.

February 15, 2023

Biden’s FCC nominee counting on Democratic Senate majority to advance languishing nomination

Fireworks erupted Tuesday at a Senate committee hearing over President Biden's nomination of embattled Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission, as Republicans objected to her views ranging from censorship of conservatives to law enforcement..

February 14, 2023

Buttigieg calls for racial labor equity with infrastructure projects

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Monday told attendees at the National Association of Counties that government infrastructure projects should be done by teams of workers who look like the neighborhood of color in which they work.

February 13, 2023

Congressional Hispanic Caucus decides to keep newly elected chair after staff exodus

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Monday decided to retain its present chair, Rep. Nanette Barragan, despite turmoil over staff departures in recent days.

February 13, 2023

Congressional Hispanic Caucus to decide whether to oust newly elected chair

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Monday is expected to convene and decide whether to oust its current chair, Rep. Nanette Barragan.

February 13, 2023

House investigators home in on collusion between FBI, Democrats, news media

Top Republican senators said Thursday that their Democratic counterparts sicced the FBI on them in 2020 in an attempt to shut down their probe into how the Justice Department bungled the Trump-Russia investigation.

February 9, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan requests documents on Big Tech censorship for probe

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asked the Department of Justice Wednesday for copies of documents from a civil case demonstrating how the federal government allegedly pressured Big Tech companies to violate Americans' First Amendment rights.

February 8, 2023

New leadership dynamic in House shows politics doesn’t need to be personal

Nobody will ever accuse them of being pals, but Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries have embarked on their working relationship with a grudging respect that was missing when Nancy Pelosi was in charge.

February 8, 2023

Republicans oppose Biden’s proposed plan to tax ultrawealthy Americans

House Republicans opposed President Biden's plan to raise taxes on the ultrawealthy, in line with his equity agenda to level the economic playing field.

February 7, 2023

Former Trump officials say they were never informed of Chinese spy balloon surveillance

Mike Pompeo, who first served as director of the CIA and later as secretary of state under former President Trump, pushed back on claims from the Biden administration that China sent spy balloons over the U.S. in the Trump era.

February 6, 2023

House ready to lift COVID-19 travel rule requiring foreigners to get vaccinated to enter U.S.

House Republicans will bring legislation to the floor this week that would terminate the requirement imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for foreign travelers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter the U.S.

February 6, 2023

New House Judiciary panel subpoenas Garland, Wray over FBI targeting of parents

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for withholding documents relating to the administration's targeting of parents at school board meetings.

February 3, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Rubio urges Biden to ask Buttigieg for his resignation

Jordan calls for more documents on FBI’s rescinded anti-Catholic memo

Republicans say State Department less willing to help with Marc Fogel than with Brittney Griner

Rep. Biggs tells FBI director GOP lawmakers undecided on reauthorization of FISA over past abuses

Justice Department decides not to indict Gaetz in sex trafficking probe

Biden’s FCC nominee counting on Democratic Senate majority to advance languishing nomination

Buttigieg calls for racial labor equity with infrastructure projects

Congressional Hispanic Caucus decides to keep newly elected chair after staff exodus

Congressional Hispanic Caucus to decide whether to oust newly elected chair

House investigators home in on collusion between FBI, Democrats, news media

Rep. Jim Jordan requests documents on Big Tech censorship for probe

New leadership dynamic in House shows politics doesn’t need to be personal

Republicans oppose Biden’s proposed plan to tax ultrawealthy Americans

Former Trump officials say they were never informed of Chinese spy balloon surveillance

House ready to lift COVID-19 travel rule requiring foreigners to get vaccinated to enter U.S.

New House Judiciary panel subpoenas Garland, Wray over FBI targeting of parents

Victoria Spartz announces retirement at end of term

House Republicans launch probe into former FBI official Charles McGonigal

House Speaker McCarthy announces bipartisan group to write up lawmaker code of conduct

Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee