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.
Hamas said Friday that it has responded to the White House's ceasefire proposal between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in a "positive spirit" and is ready to start negotiations on implementing the plan.
President Trump says his administration will probably settle with Harvard University over its defiant stance toward the White House over its concerns about campus antisemitism and merit-based hiring and admissions.
President Trump delivered a victory-lap speech Thursday night at the Iowa State Fair, extolling a streak of recent wins from his America First Agenda while kicking off the year-long buildup to the country's 250th birthday celebration.
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has energized the GOP to make the 33-year-old self-described Socialist-Democrat the troublesome new face of the Democratic Party.
President Trump on Thursday will tour the Iowa State Fairgrounds to kick off the celebration of America's 250th birthday, making his first visit to the first-in-the-nation GOP caucus state since he returned to the White House.
FBI officials suppressed intelligence pointing to Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election, and newly revealed bureau documents show they likely did it to avoid embarrassing FBI Director Christopher A. Wray.
President Trump threatened Tuesday to sic the Department of Government Efficiency on its former leader, Elon Musk, after the billionaire businessman denounced Mr. Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" tax cut and spending package.
The White House doubled down Monday on President Trump's contention that Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist who would be difficult to work with if elected New York mayor.
The White House confirmed Monday that the dangerous wildlife was a design feature of a new illegal immigrant detention center in Florida that's been nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz."
President Trump on Monday panned Sen. Chris Coons for saying the White House is contemplating an agreement with Iran comparable to President Obama's nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.
Three days after announcing a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the Trump administration is working to broaden a sustainable peace in the region, including an end to the war in Gaza.
President Trump on Thursday called on Congress to pass his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, saying it would stave off the "largest tax hike in history" and deliver an economic boon for Americans in every walk of life.
The White House Thursday said the U.S. alliance with its Gulf and Arab partners and Israel is expected to grow significantly since the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, following the U.S. strike on the Islamic Republic's key nuclear facilities.
The White House said Iran felt the need to "save face" Thursday after Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appeared in a video broadcast on Iranian state television and said Iran would never surrender.
President Trump called for CNN and The New York Times to fire their journalists who reported of a leaked Defense Intelligence Agency assessment questioning the effectiveness of the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
President Trump countered reporting that enriched uranium was removed from one of Iran's nuclear sites before American B-2s bombed the facility and two others last weekend.
President Trump left the Netherlands on Wednesday after dominating the NATO security summit with a string of international peace agreements he personally brokered and giving assurances that he would deliver an accord between warring Russia and Ukraine.