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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

New bill in House would codify Trump’s order banning woke curriculum from U.S service academies

A House GOP lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday that would codify President Trump's executive order to stop U.S. military academies from teaching courses based on radical gender ideology and critical race theory.

June 5, 2025

Wait times for D.C. concealed carry permits reduced since Trump order fast-tracked process

Wait times to get an appointment for a concealed carry permit in the District have been significantly reduced, months after President Trump signed an executive order creating a task force to fast-track the permit process.

June 4, 2025

Second Amendment advocacy groups push for more provisions in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Firearm manufacturers and Second Amendment advocacy groups are flexing their muscle to push for fewer regulations in the GOP reconciliation bill being considered by the Senate.

June 4, 2025

Trump talks to Putin following Ukrainian drone attack

President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Wednesday and discussed Sunday's bombing of Russia's docked planes by Ukraine, plus other attacks between the two countries.

June 4, 2025

Trump urges Fed to cut interest rates after weak jobs report

President Trump called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to reduce interest rates, immediately after the payroll firm ADP reported its lowest private-sector jobs number in years.

June 4, 2025

House GOP set to vote on Trump’s package of spending clawbacks targeted by DOGE

President Trump has sent Congress a package of $9.4 billion of immediate spending cuts, which are set for a House vote as soon as next week.

June 3, 2025

FBI files show targeting of Catholic groups was bigger than Biden-era officials acknowledged

The Biden-era FBI concealed the extent of its anti-Catholic operation, which then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress was limited to a single 2023 memo, according to newly revealed bureau documents.

June 3, 2025

Sen. Fetterman praises Trump’s Middle East policies

Sen. John Fetterman pushed back again on his fellow Democrats Monday by lauding President Trump for his administration's policies in the Middle East.

June 2, 2025

House panel probes climate change crackdown on businesses by Biden’s Justice Department, EPA

The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee's federal law enforcement panel has opened an investigation into the Biden administration's harassment of citizens and businesses under its climate change agenda.

June 2, 2025

Trump calls attack by Egyptian national in Colorado ‘horrific,’ blames Biden’s border policy

President Trump called Sunday's attack against pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, "horrific" and accused the Biden administration of allowing the alleged attacker, an Egyptian national, into the U.S.

June 2, 2025

Stephen Miller points finger at Biden’s border policy for ‘terror attack’ in Colorado

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller blamed the Biden administration for allowing into the U.S. the man accused of attacking pro-Israel demonstrators Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, with Molotov cocktails and a home-made flamethrower.

June 2, 2025

Video shows DHS agents detaining Nadler aide outside of congressional office

Federal agents were shown in a video handcuffing an aide to Rep. Jerry Nadler after authorities accused his staff of "harboring rioters" in his New York City office last week.

June 1, 2025

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calls trade court ruling against Trump tariffs ‘silly’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling that blocked President Trump's global tariffs "silly."

June 1, 2025

Progressive caucus chair warns Democrats that Musk is not going away

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar cautioned Democrats on Sunday not to believe Elon Musk when the tech billionaire says he is stepping away from involvement in the Trump administration.

June 1, 2025

House Speaker Johnson says he texted Musk after the billionaire criticized the ‘big, beautiful bill’

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he reached out to Elon Musk after the tech billionaire criticized the Republicans' "big, beautiful bill."

June 1, 2025

White House sending Congress a bill to claw back taxpayer dollars from NPR, PBS, USAID

The White House will soon send Congress a package of $9.4 billion of cuts to current federal spending that includes slashing funding for NPR and PBS and a chunk of foreign aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

May 31, 2025

Trump pledges to codify DOGE cuts

President Trump on Friday promised to make permanent the cuts identified by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.

May 30, 2025

Information regarding FBI informants at Capitol riot will ‘surprise’ and ‘shock’ people, Patel says

FBI Director Kash Patel said that soon-to-be-revealed information about bureau sources at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will "surprise" and "shock" people.

May 29, 2025

Republicans’ ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ would cement Trump’s executive orders in federal law

Tucked inside the House Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act are more than 15 of President Trump's executive orders, potentially giving his major policy shifts the full weight of federal law and making it much harder for a future Democrat in the White House to reverse them.

May 28, 2025

OMB Director Russ Vought slams GAO for calling pause of funding EV charging program ‘illegal’

President Trump's Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is condemning the Government Accountability Office for saying the Transportation Department's pause on funding of a Biden-era electric vehicle charging program is illegal.

May 23, 2025

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

New bill in House would codify Trump’s order banning woke curriculum from U.S service academies

Wait times for D.C. concealed carry permits reduced since Trump order fast-tracked process

Second Amendment advocacy groups push for more provisions in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Trump talks to Putin following Ukrainian drone attack

Trump urges Fed to cut interest rates after weak jobs report

House GOP set to vote on Trump’s package of spending clawbacks targeted by DOGE

FBI files show targeting of Catholic groups was bigger than Biden-era officials acknowledged

Sen. Fetterman praises Trump’s Middle East policies

House panel probes climate change crackdown on businesses by Biden’s Justice Department, EPA

Trump calls attack by Egyptian national in Colorado ‘horrific,’ blames Biden’s border policy

Stephen Miller points finger at Biden’s border policy for ‘terror attack’ in Colorado

Video shows DHS agents detaining Nadler aide outside of congressional office

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calls trade court ruling against Trump tariffs ‘silly’

Progressive caucus chair warns Democrats that Musk is not going away

House Speaker Johnson says he texted Musk after the billionaire criticized the ‘big, beautiful bill’

White House sending Congress a bill to claw back taxpayer dollars from NPR, PBS, USAID

Trump pledges to codify DOGE cuts

Information regarding FBI informants at Capitol riot will ‘surprise’ and ‘shock’ people, Patel says

Republicans’ ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ would cement Trump’s executive orders in federal law

OMB Director Russ Vought slams GAO for calling pause of funding EV charging program ‘illegal’