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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

GOP leaders again delay FISA vote despite personal pitch from CIA chief

House Republican leaders again delayed a procedural vote Wednesday aimed at extending a key section of the federal warrantless surveillance law, despite another plea from CIA Director John Ratcliffe to renew the law without changes.

April 15, 2026

Spanberger approves, amends several Virginia gun control laws

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed six gun-control bills and amended four others that reached her desk last month.

April 14, 2026

GOP’s filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE expected in Senate early next week

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is forging ahead with a reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration enforcement operations and planning a vote for next week.

April 14, 2026

Trump says Rep. Swalwell got caught ‘with hands in cookie jar’

Just before embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell said Monday he is resigning, President Trump told The Washington Times that the lawmaker was a "dangerous person" to be serving in Congress.

April 13, 2026

Melania Trump expected on Capitol Hill this week to discuss foster care initiative

First lady Melania Trump is expected to join a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday to advance her second major legislative initiative of this administration, intended to protect America's Foster Care children.

April 13, 2026

IRS adopts new way to calculate regulatory burdens

The IRS has adopted the National Taxpayers Union's proposal for calculating the costs of taxpayer compliance, which the low-tax advocates said was a "more realistic method."

April 13, 2026

Clock ticking until tranche of gun control bills becomes law in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has just a few hours to decide whether she will sign gun control legislation that would transform firearm rights in the commonwealth.

April 13, 2026

Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s

The federal workforce has shrunk by more than 352,000 employees since President Trump took office last year, through firings, resignations and retirements, according to numbers released from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through Federal Reserve Economic Data.

April 10, 2026

Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case

Pro-firearms organizations criticized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro for trying to set back a key gun rights case after she signed onto a Justice Department brief seeking to revisit a major pro-Second Amendment ruling from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

April 9, 2026

Melania Trump confronts Epstein rumors directly: ‘I am not his victim’

First lady Melania Trump fought back Thursday agianst what she called "lies" about her being a victim of sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

April 9, 2026

Israel seeks talks with Lebanon as globe rallies to preserve U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his government Thursday to start negotiations with Lebanon as "soon as possible" to disarm Hezbollah fighters, as violence between the Middle Eastern neighbors threatened the ceasefire that President Trump had struck with Iran.

April 9, 2026

Trump warns U.S. military ready for ‘next conquest,’ will remain near Iran until ‘real’ deal reached

President Trump cautioned Iran late Wednesday night that the U.S. military is standing by with additional ammunition and weapons to take action against Iran if necessary until an authentic agreement is reached and complied with.

April 9, 2026

White House downplays Trump toll proposal with Iran

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified President Trump's proposal that would let Iran accept tolls of ships going through the Strait of Hormuz.

April 8, 2026

Ahead of meeting, Trump rips NATO for failing to come through for U.S. against Iran

President Trump excoriated NATO Wednesday ahead of his scheduled meeting with its top official, saying the international alliance flopped dramatically when it didn't help the U.S. during its military strike on Iran.

April 8, 2026

American journalist released in Iraq by pro-Iran Hezbollah militants

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the release of American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was recently kidnapped by members of the foreign terrorist organization Kata'ib Hizballah near Baghdad, Iraq.

April 7, 2026

Maine court rejects expansion of ranked choice voting to state elections

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state Constitution does not allow expanding ranked choice voting to state elections.

April 7, 2026

Approval rating for Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger craters, poll shows

Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger's job approval rating has plummeted just two months into her tenure, showing the lowest polling number for an Old Dominion governor since the 1990s.

April 7, 2026

Virginians for Fair Maps airs first TV ad campaign fighting Democrats’ partisan redistricting plan

An organization drumming up opposition to Virginia's April 21 referendum on Democrats' gerrymandering plan ran its first TV ad.

April 6, 2026

Democrats sue to stop Trump’s executive order on stricter mail-in ballot measures

Congressional Democrats filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Trump's executive order that imposes stricter standards to obtain absentee ballots and tighten security measures around their use.

April 2, 2026

Bondi calls working as Trump AG ‘the honor of a lifetime’

Pam Bondi, freshly ousted as U.S. attorney general, said Thursday that she intends to help new acting Attorney General Todd Blanche transition into the job.

April 2, 2026

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

GOP leaders again delay FISA vote despite personal pitch from CIA chief

Spanberger approves, amends several Virginia gun control laws

GOP’s filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE expected in Senate early next week

Trump says Rep. Swalwell got caught ‘with hands in cookie jar’

Melania Trump expected on Capitol Hill this week to discuss foster care initiative

IRS adopts new way to calculate regulatory burdens

Clock ticking until tranche of gun control bills becomes law in Virginia

Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s

Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case

Melania Trump confronts Epstein rumors directly: ‘I am not his victim’

Israel seeks talks with Lebanon as globe rallies to preserve U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Trump warns U.S. military ready for ‘next conquest,’ will remain near Iran until ‘real’ deal reached

White House downplays Trump toll proposal with Iran

Ahead of meeting, Trump rips NATO for failing to come through for U.S. against Iran

American journalist released in Iraq by pro-Iran Hezbollah militants

Maine court rejects expansion of ranked choice voting to state elections

Approval rating for Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger craters, poll shows

Virginians for Fair Maps airs first TV ad campaign fighting Democrats’ partisan redistricting plan

Democrats sue to stop Trump’s executive order on stricter mail-in ballot measures

Bondi calls working as Trump AG ‘the honor of a lifetime’