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 is working with Republican congressional leaders on a "comprehensive crime bill," once-in-a-generation legislation that would put his popular crime-fighting agenda in front of voters ahead of the midterm elections next year.
Nearly a dozen FBI whistleblowers who say they endured retaliation during the Biden administration inked agreements on Monday with the FBI and Justice Department to have their security clearances reinstated and collect back pay.
The District recorded its first homicide in the nearly two weeks since federal law enforcement surged in the nation's capital, while President Trump declared Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in the city will face capital punishment.
President Trump Tuesday said it was time for Republicans to refer to his landmark legislation One Big Beautiful Bill as simply a "massive tax cut for the middle class" to better explain its impact on Americans.
President Trump on Monday ordered the National Guard to prepare for rapid deployment to fight crime across the country and enlisted more federal agencies to join his crime-fighting effort.
Several FBI whistleblowers who say they suffered retaliation during the Biden administration are close to getting their security clearances reinstated and collecting back pay.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was cooperative enough in looking to end the Ukraine war at the summit on Friday to forestall "severe" sanctions, said President Trump.
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both said their face-to-face meeting in Alaska was productive, but did not reach a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine.
President Trump said declassified documents show "absolute proof of guilt" that former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper and former FBI Director James B. Comey conspired to sabotage his 2016 campaign.
A majority of Americans say states shouldn't consider race when drawing up congressional districts, a new poll of 1,500 likely general election voters said.
President Trump took an aggressive stance ahead of Friday's high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin by threatening "very serious consequences" if Russia doesn't move toward ending its war in Ukraine.
President Trump on Wednesday warned that Russia would suffer "very serious consequences" if President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the Ukraine war after their summit.
European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, huddled with President Trump on a video conference meeting Wednesday to discuss ceasefire basics ahead of Mr. Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska.