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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

Accountability group’s undercover investigation finds many school districts still doing DEI

Accuracy in Media is touting its hidden-camera investigations that have been in over 300 school districts across the country and exposing educators who continue diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives despite federal and state restrictions.

October 14, 2025

California bans the sale of new Glock in the state

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that bans the sale of new Glock guns in the state, setting off a lawsuit from Second Amendment advocacy groups.

October 14, 2025

Trump strikes deal with AstraZeneca to lower drug prices for Americans

The Trump administration has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to cut its drug prices, marking it the second drugmaker in as many weeks to agree to President Trump's demand for lower medicine prices.

October 10, 2025

Trump preparing additional moves to lower prescription drug costs for Americans

President Trump is expected to make an announcement Friday about lowering drug prices.

October 10, 2025

Trump posts 2017 Limbaugh clip discussing Comey’s admission of once being a communist

President Trump posted Friday on Truth Social a 2017 video clip of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh talking about former FBI Director James B. Comey's admission that he was once a communist.

October 10, 2025

Trump and Finnish president meet at White House to close deal on icebreakers

President Trump met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb Thursday at the White House to sign off on an agreement for the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase up to four icebreaker ships from Finnish shipyards.

October 9, 2025

Trump signs Columbus Day proclamation

President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday honoring Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who traveled to the New World in 1492.

October 9, 2025

Endorsement page for Jay Jones disappears from prominent gun control group’s website

A prominent gun control organization's website has pulled down its endorsement page for Jay Jones, the embattled Virginia Democratic candidate for attorney general. The site scrubbing comes in the midst of fallout over text messages Mr. Jones sent about fatally shooting a Republican former colleague and his children.

October 8, 2025

Trump ready to declare Antifa a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Trump said Wednesday that he would take steps to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization after hearing from journalists who say they were battered while covering the organization.

October 8, 2025

Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

The City University of New York Graduate Center is offering an English course titled "Global Antifa" that focuses on students taking an active role in the sometimes violent far-left movement to fight conservatives in the name of anti-fascism.

October 8, 2025

Trump promises to straighten out Chicago’s crime problem if Democratic leaders won’t

President Trump on Tuesday promised that if Chicago leaders cannot get a handle on the city's crime problem, the federal government will take charge.

October 7, 2025

Virginia lawmaker says Jay Jones once said if more cops were killed, they would shoot fewer people

A Virginia state lawmaker says that Jay Jones, the embattled Democratic nominee for state attorney general, once told her that police officers would shoot fewer people if more cops were killed after losing their legal protections.

October 7, 2025

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Portland

President Trump said on Monday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in Portland, Oregon, if necessary.

October 6, 2025

Judge’s opinion blocking Guard deployment to Portland ‘untethered in reality,’ Karoline Leavitt says

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday called the opinion of the judge who blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland "untethered in reality."

October 6, 2025

Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments

Illinois officials made a bid for sanctuary supremacy Monday with Chicago's mayor signing an executive order declaring city property to be "ICE-free zones," and the city and state suing to block President Trump from sending in the National Guard to quell anti-ICE protests.

October 6, 2025

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Accountability group’s undercover investigation finds many school districts still doing DEI

California bans the sale of new Glock in the state

Trump strikes deal with AstraZeneca to lower drug prices for Americans

Trump preparing additional moves to lower prescription drug costs for Americans

Trump posts 2017 Limbaugh clip discussing Comey’s admission of once being a communist

Trump and Finnish president meet at White House to close deal on icebreakers

Trump signs Columbus Day proclamation

Endorsement page for Jay Jones disappears from prominent gun control group’s website

Trump ready to declare Antifa a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

Trump promises to straighten out Chicago’s crime problem if Democratic leaders won’t

Virginia lawmaker says Jay Jones once said if more cops were killed, they would shoot fewer people

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Portland

Judge’s opinion blocking Guard deployment to Portland ‘untethered in reality,’ Karoline Leavitt says

Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments

Trump considers cuts to Portland’s funding after arrest of conservative journalist

Maine GOP calls for federal investigation of state ballots found in resident’s Amazon package

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League

In nation’s capital, first day of shutdown disappoints visitors at closed federal attractions

Virginia governor’s race tightens to 3-point margin, new poll shows