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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 House super PAC buys $11 million in advertising for final two weeks

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP super PAC aligned with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, has purchased $11 million in new advertising in 16 House districts from California to Rhode Island to recapture the lower chamber.

October 26, 2022

Zeldin, Hochul trade accusations over New York’s crime problems

The issue of crime took center stage at the New York gubernatorial debate Tuesday night with Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin accusing Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul for being soft on violent law-breakers.

October 25, 2022

Rubio calls out Chase CEO Jamie Dimon over concerns the financial giant is targeting conservatives

Sen. Marco Rubio questioned JPMorgan Chase and Co. CEO Jamie Dimon Tuesday about "politically-motivated de-banking" after the country's largest banking company terminated the account of a conservative nonprofit.

October 25, 2022

DOJ pressed to reveal Biden’s secret plans to boost voting

Lawmakers are prodding the Justice Department to reveal how it plans to carry out President Biden's order for all federal agencies to "promote access to voting."

October 24, 2022

Reelection race for House Democrats’ campaign chief now a ‘toss-up’

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who is leading his party's effort to elect more House Democrats, is now in more perilous waters for his own reelection race with just two weeks before Election Day.

October 24, 2022

Ex-FBI official to face Congress about claims of W.H. pressure to inflate domestic extremism numbers

A former top FBI official will testify before Congress to address claims that the Biden administration pressured agents to label cases as domestic extremism or a White supremacist threat even if it did not meet that criteria, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday.

October 20, 2022

House GOP preps bills for first 100 days if Republicans capture majority

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik says legislation on energy production, gun rights, and parents' rights already has been drafted in expectation of the GOP taking the House majority in the midterm elections.

October 18, 2022

Polling shifts N.Y. governor’s race to ‘toss up’ as incumbent Hochul loses ground to GOP Rep. Zeldin

The New York governor's race has moved to the "toss up" category as Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin closes the gap against Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul.

October 17, 2022

GOP presses National Archives on possible coordination with Dems over Mar-a-Lago raid

House Republican leaders have called on Debra Steidel Wall, acting archivist of the U.S., to answer questions about possible coordination with Democratic lawmakers in getting officials at the National Records Administration (NARA) to investigate former President Donald Trump's handling of presidential records.

October 14, 2022

New poll shows New York’s governor’s race tightening between Rep. Lee Zeldin, incumbent Kathy Hochul

A new poll shows Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, closing the gap between himself and Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul.

October 13, 2022

House Democrats’ campaign chief fighting for survival in new New York district

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who is leading the effort to elect House Democrats in the midterm elections, is busy fighting for his own survival against a surprisingly strong GOP challenger.

October 13, 2022

N.Y. governor knocks Biden for ducking responsibility for border crisis that’s come to Empire State

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said her calls for help to President Biden about the "humanitarian crisis" caused by the influx of illegal immigrants into New York City are being ignored.

October 12, 2022

Zeldin backs overhaul of New York parole board after panel decides to release cop killer

Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican gubernatorial nominee, is calling for an overhaul of the state parole board after the panel's decision to parole the man convicted of killing Westchester police officer Arthur Dematte in 1976.

October 12, 2022

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says migrant shelters will be built all over city

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that residents should expect to see migrant emergency shelters pop up around the city "without warning."

October 12, 2022

Mike Lee asks Mitt Romney for endorsement in final weeks of campaign

Sen. Mike Lee publicly called on fellow Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney and his family to finally endorse his campaign.

October 11, 2022

Zeldin leans into soft-on-crime attacks against Hochul after shooting incident

Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, is counting on his law-and-order campaign, an issue that has already personally affected his family twice since July.

October 10, 2022

Two shot outside home of New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin

Two people were shot Sunday outside the Long Island home of Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin.

October 9, 2022

Nike co-founder and billionaire Phil Knight throws support behind Oregon GOP gubernatorial candidate

Oregon's wealthiest man, Nike co-founder Phil Knight, has switched his support and donated $1 million to the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Christine Drazan.

October 7, 2022

Oregon gubernatorial race a tossup and GOP hopes to flip state

The GOP sees an opportunity to flip the governorship in deep-blue Oregon, as its nominee runs on a law-and-order platform aiming to become the first Republican to head the state since the 1980s.

October 6, 2022

Whistleblowers reveal pattern of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct at FBI

A hostile work environment of sexual harassment and retaliation against female agents who complain about it have persisted at the FBI for more than a year after FBI Director Christopher A. Wray pledged to fix the problem, according to several whistleblowers.

October 6, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

GOP House super PAC buys $11 million in advertising for final two weeks

Zeldin, Hochul trade accusations over New York’s crime problems

Rubio calls out Chase CEO Jamie Dimon over concerns the financial giant is targeting conservatives

DOJ pressed to reveal Biden’s secret plans to boost voting

Reelection race for House Democrats’ campaign chief now a ‘toss-up’

Ex-FBI official to face Congress about claims of W.H. pressure to inflate domestic extremism numbers

House GOP preps bills for first 100 days if Republicans capture majority

Polling shifts N.Y. governor’s race to ‘toss up’ as incumbent Hochul loses ground to GOP Rep. Zeldin

GOP presses National Archives on possible coordination with Dems over Mar-a-Lago raid

New poll shows New York’s governor’s race tightening between Rep. Lee Zeldin, incumbent Kathy Hochul

House Democrats’ campaign chief fighting for survival in new New York district

N.Y. governor knocks Biden for ducking responsibility for border crisis that’s come to Empire State

Zeldin backs overhaul of New York parole board after panel decides to release cop killer

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says migrant shelters will be built all over city

Mike Lee asks Mitt Romney for endorsement in final weeks of campaign

Zeldin leans into soft-on-crime attacks against Hochul after shooting incident

Two shot outside home of New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin

Nike co-founder and billionaire Phil Knight throws support behind Oregon GOP gubernatorial candidate

Oregon gubernatorial race a tossup and GOP hopes to flip state

Whistleblowers reveal pattern of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct at FBI