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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

N.Y. Gov. Hochul pummeled by Dem primary opponents after corruption charges forced her No. 2 to quit

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is under attack from her primary opponents following the abrupt resignation of Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin when he was hit with federal corruption charges this week.

April 14, 2022

President’s sister points finger at conservatives for troubles faced by Hunter Biden

President Biden's younger sister Valerie Biden Owens is blaming supporters of former President Donald Trump for the scrutiny that her nephew, Hunter Biden, is receiving related to contents from his laptop and a federal investigation into his taxes and foreign business deals.

April 11, 2022

White House clings to Biden’s ignorance of Hunter’s deals despite mounting evidence

The White House is still insisting that President Biden has never talked to son Hunter Biden about his far-flung foreign business dealings, despite new revelations depicting more complex and intertwined family financial relationships.

April 7, 2022

GOP activist prepping release of hundreds of gigabytes of unpublished info from Hunter Biden laptop

Hundreds of gigabytes of recovered digital content alleged to have come from Hunter Biden's laptop are set to be released by a GOP activist who has co-hosted Steve Bannon's podcast, the War Room.

April 7, 2022

GOP seeks answers from 51 former intel officials who discredited Hunter Biden’s laptop

House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee sent out letters Wednesday demanding answers from the 51 former intelligence officials who claimed reports of emails from Hunter Biden's laptop detailing influence-peddling before the 2020 presidential election were Russian disinformation.

April 6, 2022

Republicans jam Hunter Biden’s Chinese business dealings into oversight hearing on electric vehicles

Hunter Biden's business ventures took center stage at a House hearing about electric vehicles Tuesday with calls for him to testify about helping China take over mineral mines from U.S. firms.

April 5, 2022

GOP excited over Elon Musk becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder

Republicans cheered the news of billionaire Elon Musk becoming Twitter's largest shareholder Monday night while Democrats feared the tech magnate's acquisition could mean the return of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform.

April 4, 2022

Top GOP lawmaker requests Hunter Biden to testify before House committee

The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee requested that the panel's chair call on President Biden's son, Hunter, to testify before the panel at an upcoming hearing.

April 4, 2022

New York judge orders legislature to draw new state redistricting map

A state supreme court judge in New York ordered the legislature to redraw the state's new voting map's lines after ruling in favor of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently approved redistricting plan for U.S. House districts.

March 31, 2022

Cawthorn blames ‘leftwing establishment’ for targeting him amid criticism from GOP colleagues

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is beset by criticism from fellow GOP lawmakers after making wild allegations about orgies and cocaine use, is blaming the far left for his political woes.

March 31, 2022

Democratic leaders still say info on Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation

The contents on the laptop of President Biden's son Hunter Biden were authenticated by mainstream outlets recently, but two Democratic leaders still say it's Russian disinformation.

March 30, 2022

McCarthy rips Cawthorn for wild allegations about Washington orgies, says Cawthorn changed his story

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday condemned Rep. Madison Cawthorn for publicly suggesting that since he came to Washington he received invitations for orgies and witnessed cocaine use by prominent people on Capitol Hill.

March 30, 2022

GOP senators explore Chinese company’s $1 million payment to Hunter Biden’s firms

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson on Tuesday presented more bank records that show President Biden's son Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from companies connected to the communist Chinese regime as recently as 2017.

March 29, 2022

Bank records show Hunter Biden received $100,000 in 2017 from Chinese firm

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson have revealed financial records showing how an arm of the Chinese government transferred $100,000 to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

March 29, 2022

Issa preps investigation into Big Tech suppression of Hunter Biden laptop story before 2020 election

Rep. Darrell Issa sent document preservation notices to the White House, Facebook, Twitter and members of the intelligence community who he said were involved with coordinating the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story before the November 2020 presidential election.

March 28, 2022

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