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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

Popular conservative podcaster Dan Bongino named FBI deputy director

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, was named as the FBI's next deputy director.

February 23, 2025

FBI expected to transfer 1,500 staffers out of Washington area

The FBI is expected to transfer up to 1,500 of its personnel out of its Washington headquarters to field offices across the country, bureau managers learned on Friday.

February 23, 2025

FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to lead ATF

Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

February 23, 2025

Trump conquers CPAC 10 years after hostility

Like so much of the rest of the political right -- from Reaganism to the tea party movement -- Donald Trump has conquered CPAC, bringing it into the broader MAGA fold.

February 20, 2025

Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director, handing President Trump's outspoken nominee a green light to overhaul the bureau that conservatives say had been "weaponized" against them.

February 20, 2025

Senate advances nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director to final confirmation vote

Kash Patel, who is President Trump's nominee for FBI director to overhaul the bureau, is on a glide path to be confirmed by the full Senate later Thursday.

February 20, 2025

CPAC attendees ecstatic about conservatives’ big wins in the new Trump era

The atmosphere at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference isn't just celebratory, it's super-charged as President Trump begins to make many of the conservative movement's dreams come true.

February 20, 2025

Musk says DOGE team aims to cut $1 trillion from the deficit

Elon Musk said Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency aims to slash $1 trillion from the deficit.

February 19, 2025

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Trump instructs Justice Department to fire Biden-era U.S. attorneys

President Trump called on the Justice Department to fire all U.S. attorneys left over from the Biden administration.

February 18, 2025

Vance calls reporter ‘dummy’ for comparing White House exclusion of AP to Europe’s free speech views

Vice President J.D. Vance took a swipe at a reporter Monday who accused him of hypocrisy for blasting Europeans over free speech in the midst of the White House dispute with the Associated Press over the Gulf of Mexico/America.

February 17, 2025

Vance calls for U.S. and its allies to reject Germany’s ‘Orwellian’ speech laws

Vice President J.D. Vance called Germany's free speech restrictions "Orwellian" and said Monday that other European countries should join the U.S. in rejecting such laws.

February 17, 2025

Dems fighting Trump’s cuts represent states receiving $231 billion in federal funds

House Democrats are pushing an effort to fight President Trump's sweeping overhaul of the federal government through a task force that could lead to lawsuits against the administration, representing states that receive more than $231.5 billion of federal funding.

February 15, 2025

WATCH: The American dream priced out of reach? Michael Burkentine joins Kelly Sadler

WATCH: Ranked choice voting is coming to D.C. — here’s how it works

Will Graham Platner derail Democrats’ 2026 hopes? Tim Constantine & David Bozell

Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Popular conservative podcaster Dan Bongino named FBI deputy director

FBI expected to transfer 1,500 staffers out of Washington area

FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to lead ATF

Trump conquers CPAC 10 years after hostility

Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director

Senate advances nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director to final confirmation vote

CPAC attendees ecstatic about conservatives’ big wins in the new Trump era

Musk says DOGE team aims to cut $1 trillion from the deficit

Trump instructs Justice Department to fire Biden-era U.S. attorneys

Vance calls reporter ‘dummy’ for comparing White House exclusion of AP to Europe’s free speech views

Vance calls for U.S. and its allies to reject Germany’s ‘Orwellian’ speech laws

Dems fighting Trump’s cuts represent states receiving $231 billion in federal funds

Trump gives thumbs-up to J.D. Vance’s remarks scolding European leaders

Prime Minister Modi says India on same page with U.S. about illegal immigration

Prime Minister Modi coins ‘Make India Great Again’ during press conference with Trump

Trump says McConnell not been ‘mentally equipped’ to lead GOP for a decade

Senate panel advances FBI Director nominee Kash Patel out of committee

‘Disinformation’: Democrats refuse to believe USAID bankrolled transgender operas, woke activism

Republican lawmaker plans articles of impeachment against judge who blocked Musk

New legislation would block banks from tracking gun and ammo purchases