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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

Latina lawmaker pushes for immigration reform at GOP retreat

A GOP press conference turned into a push for comprehensive immigration reform Thursday when Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar accused Democrats of lying to Hispanics about passing immigration reform and failing to deliver.

March 25, 2022

Top GOP voice on foreign affairs slams plummeting federal espionage indictments

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Federal indictments are plummeting even as the number of foreign espionage cases in the United States has increased, the top-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday.

March 24, 2022

Rep. Liz Cheney ditches House Republican retreat

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Rep. Liz Cheney is a no-show at this year's annual House Republican retreat.

March 24, 2022

McCaul: GOP on House panel keeping eye on Hunter Biden dealings

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Rep. Michael McCaul says Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will keep an eye on developments related to the international business deals made by President Biden's son, Hunter Biden.

March 23, 2022

Democrat’s wife spouts off on Twitter about husband’s past affair

Sonya Douglass Horsford, the wife of Rep. Steven Horsford, described her disappointment with her husband on Twitter for deciding to run for reelection after he revealed two years ago that had a decade-long affair with a former Senate intern.

March 22, 2022

RNC launches voter registration drives at gas stations

The Republican National Committee announced Monday a nationwide initiative to register voters at gas stations to highlight the rising fuel prices at the pump.

March 21, 2022

McCarthy pledges to boot Schiff off intel committee in a GOP majority

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to eject Rep. Adam Schiff from his seat on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence if Republicans take back the majority in November.

March 18, 2022

House lawmakers consider whether to roll back proxy voting

House lawmakers debated in a Rules Committee hearing Thursday whether to roll back their system of proxy voting, established two years ago at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 17, 2022

Zelenskyy’s powerful plea for help moves Congress, puts Biden on the spot to step up aid

Bipartisan pressure intensified Wednesday on President Biden to act more decisively in the Russian-Ukraine war after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a powerful speech to Congress pleading for more military firepower.

March 16, 2022

Lawmakers press Biden to help send MiG fighter jets after Zelenskyy’s address to Congress

Lawmakers stepped up pressure on President Biden to help get fighter jets to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful appeal to Congress on Wednesday for more U.S. military support.

March 16, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul forces vote passing Senate resolution to lift public transportation mask mandate

The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday to repeal mask mandates on public transportation after Sen. Rand Paul forced it to a vote.

March 15, 2022

Legal window closing on activists seeking to boot Rep. Cawthorn off the ballot for Jan. 6 riot

Liberal activists, legal scholars and anti-Trump Republicans have hit another legal snag in their attempt to throw conservative firebrand Rep. Madison Cawthorn off the ballot for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot.

March 15, 2022

Rep. Lee Zeldin has slight lead over N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul in internal poll

An internal campaign poll for Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin shows him moving slightly ahead of Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the race for governor.

March 14, 2022

New poll shows Republican state legislature candidates leading on a generic ballot

The GOP leads by 6 points on the state legislative generic ballot in key battleground states, according to a new poll commissioned by the Republican State Leadership Committee.

March 11, 2022

Biden faces headwinds as Iran nuclear talks near the finish line

U.S. negotiators are nearing a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and world powers that was repudiated by President Trump in 2018, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, but there were also signs President Biden will face major resistance selling the deal back home.

March 10, 2022

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