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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

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

GOP operative, right provocateur Roger Stone thanks Elon Musk, Jesus Christ for having Twitter back

Roger Stone, the GOP political consultant and Trump ally whom Twitter's previous management booted from the platform five years ago, had his account reinstated Wednesday.

December 8, 2022

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez under House ethics investigation in new Congress

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation for breaking House ethics rules, the House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday.

December 7, 2022

Lee Zeldin passes on run for RNC chair, urges Ronna McDaniel to step aside for new leadership

Outgoing Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York is not running for chairman of the Republican National Committee despite his name being floated as an alternative to RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel.

December 7, 2022

McCarthy starts to play hardball with GOP rebels struggling to find opposing House speaker candidate

A small faction of rebel House Republicans is scraping the back bench of the conference, and even looking outside the Capitol, in search of an alternative to GOP leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker.

December 6, 2022

Former Trump campaign lawyer Harmeet Dhillon running for RNC chair

Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican National Committee member from California, announced Monday night that she is running for RNC chair against three-term party leader Ronna McDaniel.

December 5, 2022

McCarthy detractor says others ready to challenge him as GOP moderates call for party to unite

Republicans supporting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to become speaker are calling for his detractors to unite behind him, but one of his main critics says others are ready to challenge the California Republican.

December 2, 2022

Manchin: DOE official Sam Brinton in ‘big trouble’ but shouldn’t be fired yet for snatching $2K bag

Senior Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee are not ready to call for the dismissal of Sam Brinton, who was heralded as the first gender-fluid person with a high-ranking federal post but now faces felony charges for stealing designer luggage at a Minneapolis airport.

December 2, 2022

House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jeffries boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, whom House Democrats elected to succeed Nancy Pelosi as party leader in January, made clear that he won't let the far-left flank, or any other faction, rule the caucus.

December 1, 2022

Senate Republicans balk at deal with Democrats to pass a year-end massive spending bill

A group of Senate Republicans is pressuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell not to make a deal with Democrats to pass a catch-all spending package to fund the government through September.

December 1, 2022

House GOP lawmakers vote against proposal to ban earmarks

Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep earmarks in spending bills, despite protests within their conservative flank.

November 30, 2022

Cicilline moves to knock Clyburn from leadership, shake up House Dems’ smooth shift to new lineup

House Democrats ushered in a new generation of members Wednesday to their top three leadership rungs, but the surprising twist unfolded around who will fill their No. 4 post as assistant Democratic leader.

November 30, 2022

Democratic-allied groups release oppo research on House GOP investigators ahead of new Congress

Democratic-allied groups have unleashed an aggressive opposition research operation to dig up unflattering accusations against House Republicans investigating President Biden, his family and his administration.

November 28, 2022

ATF accused of perverting laws in a scheme to shut down gun shops

A Texas gun shop owner is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over a new policy used to revoke firearm dealers' licenses over small clerical errors in paperwork for gun sales, which the lawsuit says is a violation of federal gun laws.

November 25, 2022

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