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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

First gun control bill in decades passes Senate with GOP support

The Senate on Thursday passed the first major federal gun control bill in decades, breaking the longtime Republican blockade against further restrictions on firearms and sending the legislation to almost certain final approval by the Democratic-run House.

June 23, 2022

Biden praises Senate for cloture vote on guns, chides Congress for taking decade to pass bill

President Biden praised the Senate on Thursday for clearing the filibuster hurdle on the first major firearms legislation in decades but chided lawmakers for taking "too long" to get there.

June 23, 2022

Bipartisan gun bill clears GOP filibuster threat to tee up passage, major win for Biden

A bipartisan gun-control bill cleared the Senate filibuster hurdle on Thursday, with Republicans providing the necessary votes to all but guarantee passage of the first major federal firearm laws in decades.

June 23, 2022

Defying Senate GOP, House Republicans won’t back gun bill

House Republicans have vowed to oppose the bipartisan gun control bill that was sanctioned by Senate GOP leaders who lined up the needed support for it to pass in the upper chamber as soon as Thursday.

June 22, 2022

Republicans name Democratic staffer who let Stephen Colbert TV crew into Capitol complex

House Republicans have named the congressional aide to Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts Democrat, who allowed TV's Stephen Colbert's comedy crew into one of the House office buildings after hours.

June 21, 2022

Biden yields to GOP, will keep factory running for AR-15 ammo, senator says

Fifty House Republicans have petitioned President Biden to stop the Pentagon's plan to ban commercial production of AR-15 ammunition at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri, which makes as much as 40% of the commercially available AR-15 bullets in the U.S.

June 21, 2022

House GOP plans to punish Garland for alleged partisanship at DOJ

Republicans are preparing to take on Attorney General Merrick Garland if they win the House majority this year, including mulling impeachment, and several Department of Justice whistleblowers have come forward to help them.

June 20, 2022

Dems urge Google to limit search results showing pro-life pregnancy centers they call ‘fake clinics’

Over 20 House and Senate Democrats have demanded the top executive at Google restrict search engine results showing pro-life pregnancy centers.

June 19, 2022

Pelosi: GOP is ‘politicizing’ abortion issue blaming Dems for violence against pro-life advocates

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday said Republicans were 'politicizing' the abortion issue by blaming Democratic rhetoric for a spate of violent attacks on crisis pregnancy centers and Catholic churches around the country.

June 16, 2022

New York Dem primary gets nastier as Rep. Nadler lobs ‘anti-vaxxer’ accusation at Rep. Maloney

Rep. Jerrold Nadler took a swipe Wednesday at his Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, accusing his fellow veteran New York lawmaker of being an "anti-vaxxer" and exaggerating her record as a progressive.

June 15, 2022

Lawmakers seek solutions to tampon shortage

Congress has taken notice of the tampon shortage around the country, rooted in the supply chain crisis, and the high costs of fuel and raw materials.

June 15, 2022

House overwhelmingly passes Supreme Court protection bill after threat to Justice Kavanaugh

The House on Tuesday passed Senate-approved legislation to increase security for Supreme Court justices' families, in the wake of an alleged attempt on the life of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.

June 14, 2022

Warren picks sides in Democratic primary showdown between Nadler and Maloney in New York

Far-left champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Jerrold Nadler over Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney for one of New York's most-watched Democratic congressional primary elections this year.

June 14, 2022

House Democrats to bring Supreme Court protection bill to floor

House Democratic leadership agreed to bring to the floor Tuesday a Senate-passed bill that provides protection for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

June 13, 2022

Affordable, adaptable, easy to use; firearms enthusiasts defend the reviled AR-15

Gun control advocates revile the AR-15 rifle as an "assault weapon" or "weapon of war" that should be banned. Yet the same gun is beloved by firearms enthusiasts so much that it is the most popular style of rifle sold in the U.S.

June 13, 2022

GOP congressman says ATF revoking more gun dealers’ licenses under Biden

Federal firearms dealers are getting their licenses revoked or not renewed by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms at a much greater rate since President Biden first came to office, a GOP lawmaker said Wednesday.

June 8, 2022

Youngkin more popular than Biden in Virginia, poll finds

After almost five months on the job, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is more popular in the commonwealth than President Biden.

June 7, 2022

Republicans open the door to expanding federal gun background checks to juvenile court records

House and Senate Republicans say they are open to including youth felony records in the federal background checks for purchasing firearms.

June 6, 2022

Biden calls for assault weapons ban, making gun manufacturers liable for shootings

President Biden on Thursday made an emotional appeal for ambitious new gun laws including a ban on military-style rifles, as lawmakers wrangled bitterly over how to prevent more bloodshed in America.

June 2, 2022

Republican lawmaker demonstrates with real firearms how magazine limits would ban guns

Rep. Greg Steube showed off some of his handguns at a Judiciary Committee markup hearing in which lawmakers debated Thursday the Democrats' gun control package.

June 2, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

First gun control bill in decades passes Senate with GOP support

Biden praises Senate for cloture vote on guns, chides Congress for taking decade to pass bill

Bipartisan gun bill clears GOP filibuster threat to tee up passage, major win for Biden

Defying Senate GOP, House Republicans won’t back gun bill

Republicans name Democratic staffer who let Stephen Colbert TV crew into Capitol complex

Biden yields to GOP, will keep factory running for AR-15 ammo, senator says

House GOP plans to punish Garland for alleged partisanship at DOJ

Dems urge Google to limit search results showing pro-life pregnancy centers they call ‘fake clinics’

Pelosi: GOP is ‘politicizing’ abortion issue blaming Dems for violence against pro-life advocates

New York Dem primary gets nastier as Rep. Nadler lobs ‘anti-vaxxer’ accusation at Rep. Maloney

Lawmakers seek solutions to tampon shortage

House overwhelmingly passes Supreme Court protection bill after threat to Justice Kavanaugh

Warren picks sides in Democratic primary showdown between Nadler and Maloney in New York

House Democrats to bring Supreme Court protection bill to floor

Affordable, adaptable, easy to use; firearms enthusiasts defend the reviled AR-15

GOP congressman says ATF revoking more gun dealers’ licenses under Biden

Youngkin more popular than Biden in Virginia, poll finds

Republicans open the door to expanding federal gun background checks to juvenile court records

Biden calls for assault weapons ban, making gun manufacturers liable for shootings

Republican lawmaker demonstrates with real firearms how magazine limits would ban guns