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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket

kpicket@washingtontimes.com

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 answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Iranian leader has asked for ceasefire

President Trump said Wednesday that Iran's president has requested a ceasefire, and said the U.S. will consider the proposal only after Tehran allows shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to "free and clear."

April 1, 2026
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

CPAC’s break with Washington tracks shifts in the conservative movement

The Conservative Political Action Conference has moseyed into the land of 10-gallon hats, cowboy boots and bolo ties. In this way, CPAC's annual gathering this week has been moving farther from its original home in the nation's capital as the movement has moved farther from the Washington political establishment.

March 23, 2026