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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

President Donald Trump attends a bill signing ceremony with members of the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey team, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Trump keeps supporters laughing, confounds critics with his style of humor

Thousands gathered in Pennsylvania in mid-December to hear President Trump talk about the economy. The very partisan pro-Trump crowd applauded, cheered and shouted support at the president.

December 31, 2025

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seal is shown outside its headquarters, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House report details Biden administration’s debanking crusade against crypto industry

A report by House Republicans has revealed the extent of the Biden administration's efforts to debank digital asset businesses and people who use cryptocurrency.

December 30, 2025

The Supreme Court facade is seen in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Taxpayer group tells Supreme Court that excessive fines to settle debt are unconstitutional

The National Taxpayers Union Foundation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court defending citizens' rights not to suffer excessive tax fines.

December 29, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as press secretary Karoline Leavitt, left, listens, aboard Air Force One as he travels from Tokyo, Japan, to South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps

Immediately upon his return to the White House for a second term, President Trump and his team adopted an aggressive press strategy to avoid constantly playing defense, as they had during his first term.

December 26, 2025

Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, speaks about American oil policy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) ** FILE **

Trade groups get behind House-passed legislation to streamline the federal permitting system

Trade groups representing manufacturing, energy and builders are prodding the Senate to support a House-passed bipartisan bill that would loosen the red tape tying up construction projects.

December 22, 2025

Former President Bill Clinton is pictured seated close to a young woman on what is believed to be sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet in a photo released Friday by the Justice Department. The woman's identity has been redacted. Mr. Clinton has acknowledged his association with Epstein but denied any wrongdoing.

House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files

Sen. Lindsey Graham, who served as a House impeachment manager during President Bill Clinton's impeachment, is urging the House Oversight Committee to review the voluminous amount of unreleased Clinton impeachment documents.

December 20, 2025

Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announces he’ll leave post in January

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced Wednesday he will be departing the FBI next month, after weeks of speculation about his future in the post.

December 17, 2025

Daniel Bongino speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Trump says he thinks Dan Bongino wants to leave FBI

President Trump told reporters Wednesday that he believes FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is leaving the FBI.

December 17, 2025

In this Jan. 19, 2016, photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Justice Department sues Virgin Islands police over gun permits

The Justice Department filed a complaint against the Virgin Islands Police Department on Tuesday, accusing the territory of delays and conditions in its gun permit process that are so onerous as to violate the Second Amendment.

December 16, 2025

A medical marijuana plant grows at CRC on July 23, 2024, in Pike County, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

Trump’s marijuana downgrade meets pushback from conservatives

Conservatives are calling on President Trump to reconsider possibly signing an executive order that would downgrade marijuana from a Schedule I narcotic to a Schedule III drug.

December 15, 2025

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pass a portrait of former President George W. Bush as they walk down into the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump strikes conciliatory bipartisan tone at Congressional Ball

President Trump delivered conciliatory remarks at this year's Congressional Ball, welcoming Republicans and Democrats and called for everyone to set "all political differences" aside for the evening.

December 11, 2025

Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray takes question after a bill to redistrict the state's congressional map was defeated, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map

President Trump took a swipe Thursday evening at an Indiana state lawmaker who led a group of Republican senators to reject the redrawn congressional maps that would have produced a 9-0 Republican delegation in the state.

December 11, 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says Trump’s advice to limit number of dolls intended to urge consumers to buy American

The White House on Thursday pushed back on the idea that President Trump made an out-of-touch remark when he suggested to supporters in Pennsylvania that children do not need numerous dolls to play with.

December 11, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump hails American business environment for U.S. entrepeneurs

President Trump Wednesday exalted the business climate in the country at a roundtable gathering of top U.S. tech entrepreneurs at the White House, saying his administration's policies are "committed to total dominance in technology right now."

December 10, 2025

President Donald Trump dances to music after speaking at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump slams media over coverage that he is ‘slowing down’

President Trump reprimanded the press for reporting that he is losing his stamina.

December 10, 2025

Stanley Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Richmond Field Office, gestures during a news conference concerning the 1996 murders of Laura "Lollie" Winans and Julianne "Julie" Williams at a campsite in the Shenandoah national park, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Spanberger appoints ex-FBI agent, who led field office that issued Catholic memo, for top safety job

A former FBI special agent who led the Virginia field office responsible for investigating the Catholic community across the Commonwealth will lead the state's safety office under new Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger in January.

December 9, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump announces $12 billion ‘bridge’ bailout for farmers

President Trump unveiled a long-awaited $12 billion bailout package Monday for farmers hurt by high prices and trade wars with China and other nations.

December 8, 2025

A marriage official offers a couple their rings during their wedding at the Empire State Building in New York, Feb. 14, 2007. The rings are a symbol of marriage, although this couple is not related to this story. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Conservatives outpace liberals in marrying and having children

Conservative couples vastly outpace their liberal counterparts in getting hitched and having children, according to the Institute for Family Studies.

December 8, 2025

Pakistani tribal protesters carry an effigy of U.S. President Obama, left, before setting it alight, during a rally to condemn U.S. drone strikes on the hideouts of alleged militants along the Afghan border in Pakistani tribal regions, in Bannu, Pakistan, Monday, Feb 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

Trump strikes echo Obama’s lethal legacy; drug boat war renews partisan split on counterterrorism

President Trump may be the alleged drug boat destroyer, but he has a long way to go before he tops the drone warrior.

December 7, 2025

Prince William County Police block the street near the house where the FBI made an arrest, in Woodbridge, Va., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in a nearly five-year old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FBI arrests suspect in pipe bomb placements at GOP, Democratic headquarters on eve of Jan. 6, 2021

The FBI has made an arrest in its investigation of the placement of pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic Party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report.

December 4, 2025