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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

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sits on steps of the Annunciation Church's school as police response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Democratic lawmakers rebuked for scorning prayer after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

Democrats reacting to the deadly Minneapolis school shooting by belittling prayer may want to ask the Almighty for help with their messaging.

August 29, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ extended Secret Service protection

President Trump revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection on Thursday after it became known she had the detail beyond the six months that vice presidents usually receive when they leave office.

August 29, 2025

A U.S. Capitol Police officer walks in front of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump orders federal buildings to be built as Classical architecture

President Trump called for all federal public buildings to be built in a Classical style to honor tradition, foster civic pride, and inspire the citizenry.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Trump ends collective bargaining with unions tied to agencies with national security missions

President Trump on Thursday ended collective bargaining with several federal unions with national security missions.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Trump signs memorandum to strengthen rules around political lobbying, federal grant-making

President Trump on Thursday tightened up the rules for political lobbying related to federal grant-making.

August 28, 2025

Biden administration proclamations, executive orders, pardons and commutations were mechanically signed using at least three different versions of President Biden’s signature during his four years in office, according to a new analysis.

Legitimacy of Biden’s autopen pardons questioned by Vance

Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday questioned the validity of pardons allegedly signed with an autopen during the Biden administration.

August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks at The People's House museum, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants Republicans to hold a national convention before midterms

President Trump says he will suggest that Republicans hold a national convention just before next year's midterm elections.

August 28, 2025

Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, as part of President Donald Trump's order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation's capital, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump spearheads crime bill with Congress, aims for first major federal overhaul in 30 years

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.

August 27, 2025

An FBI agent stands in front of property connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Oct. 19, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

FBI whistleblowers’ settlement finalized by Justice Department, bureau

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.

August 26, 2025

District of Columbia Metro Transit Police Department and Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers detain three people at L'Enfant Plaza metro station, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

D.C. sees first homicide since law enforcement surge, as Trump calls for death penalty for murder

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.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump highlights progress in U.S. domestic manufacturing production

President Trump Tuesday lauded improvement of domestic manufacturing production and honed in on new data coming from American automakers.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump wants to reinstate death penalty in Washington, D.C. for all murder cases

President Trump said Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in Washington, D.C. will face capital murder charges.

August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump wants to rebrand Big Beautiful Bill, urges GOP to call it a ‘massive tax cut’ for middle class

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.

August 26, 2025

The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Trump signs proclamation honoring service members slain in Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan

President Trump Monday honored U.S. military members killed in the Abbey Gate disaster in Kabul, Afghanistan four years ago.

August 25, 2025

Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol Union Station, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump expands federal anti-crime agenda, enlists more agencies for the effort

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.

August 25, 2025

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump is ready to replace Department of Defense with Department of War

President Trump said Monday he is ready to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

August 25, 2025

The FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the agency's headquarters on June 14, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Whistleblower agents moving closer to winning settlements from FBI

Several FBI whistleblowers who say they suffered retaliation during the Biden administration are close to getting their security clearances reinstated and collecting back pay.

August 25, 2025

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says Putin avoided ‘severe consequences’ for now

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.

August 16, 2025

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. At right is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘We didn’t get there’: Trump says more work to do for Ukraine peace deal after summit with Putin

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.

August 15, 2025

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin speak during a news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Putin reveals what he told Trump when they shook hands on tarmac in Alaska

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from a three-hour meeting with Mr. Putin praising the get-together as "neighborly."

August 15, 2025