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.
President Trump's visit to Beijing was a strategic diplomatic engagement that advanced his top priority of correcting a decades-old economic imbalance that "hollowed out" crucial American industries, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday.
The National Rifle Association and a host of other pro-gun groups sued soon after Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation that bans the sale of assault firearms and high-capacity magazines.
The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is looking into sexual harassment allegations against North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards, a Republican.
A newly introduced House bill would create a safety buffer protecting federal law enforcement officers from threats, harassment and interference while they carry out their duties.
As President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, the families of two Americans imprisoned in China for more than a decade are urgently appealing to him to raise their cases directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their high-stakes summit.
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into allegations that the Department of Justice paid millions of dollars to pro-Trump FBI agents fired during the Biden administration.
President Trump on Tuesday sent out a series of AI memes on social media attacking Iran and political opponents, plus extolling his feats during his second term.
President Trump said Tuesday that no Republicans have ever approached him about his plans for Cuba, rebuffing critics within the GOP and taking full ownership of his Cuba policy.
Republican senators released records Monday that they said showed the Biden Justice Department had a "double standard" in its handling of allegations of tax evasion and potential human-trafficking violations involving presidential son Hunter Biden.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute says the recent Department of Homeland Security shutdown that squeezed U.S. airport security personnel proves it is time to privatize all airport screening at U.S. airports.
The latest short-term extension of a law granting the government crucial spy powers has given privacy advocates in Congress a glimmer of hope that they will finally slam shut "backdoor searches" of Americans' communications.
The FBI's raid Wednesday on Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas' office and cannabis dispensary business is part of a major corruption probe, sources told The Washington Times.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's latest list of "Red to Blue" candidates that it is backing is essentially a party endorsement for primaries and favors establishment candidates, drawing howls from the party's liberal wing.
A federal judge Monday criticized the restrictive treatment in prison of the alleged White House Correspondents Association gunman and apologized to him for being placed in restraints and confinement by jail personnel.
The America First Policy Institute filed a federal lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta on behalf of the City of El Cajon, challenging the state's sanctuary policy.
Congress punted its deadline to reauthorize a foreign surveillance law for the second time on Thursday as lawmakers continue to debate privacy protections for Americans' data caught in the spying operations.
Senate lawmakers on Thursday approved a short-term extension of a provision in the federal surveillance law to hash out the final terms of its reauthorization.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have urged their Democratic colleagues to agree to extend the expiring federal surveillance law for another 45 days, but one Democrat wants a shorter extension under one condition.