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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

Massive protests expected at Chicago’s DNC; police are ready

Chicago officials expect swarms of demonstrators to march for and against various issues beginning Monday when the Democratic National Convention kicks off in the Windy City.

August 17, 2024

Star power expected to light up Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Hollywood celebrities and musicians will turn out for the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago, where Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will accept their party's respective nominations.

August 16, 2024

Radio’s Rickey Smiley hits a raw nerve by pressuring Black voters to back Harris

A split in the Black community over Kamala Harris has erupted into a melee on social media.

August 16, 2024

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin questioned about Tim Walz’s 30 trips to China

Rep. Jim Banks is pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to answer questions about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's 30 trips to China.

August 14, 2024

Tim Walz has record of praising Muslim cleric who commended Hitler

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz once lauded a radical Muslim imam who extolled Adolf Hitler and wouldn't rebuke the Oct. 7 Hamas terror raid.

August 14, 2024

Tim Walz called out for routinely making false claims about his military rank

Gov. Tim Walz, who has been accused of "stolen valor" for implying he is a combat veteran, is also under scrutiny for inflating his military rank after he retired from the Minnesota Army National Guard.

August 14, 2024

Walz caught in another video giving the impression he went to war

Another video has surfaced in which Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gives the false impression that his National Guard service included deployment to combat zones in Iraq or Afghanistan.

August 12, 2024

Popular Black influencer says he snubbed Harris despite Democratic team’s pleas for interview

Popular Black social media influencer Kai Cenat claims he snubbed the Harris campaign after they reached out to him to set up an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.

August 9, 2024

Walz’s military record questioned after comments about serving in war

Republicans are scrutinizing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's military record by honing in on previous claims he made implying he engaged in battle during his service in the Army National Guard.

August 8, 2024

Democrats vote out another progressive as Harris, Walz seek to move party to the left

Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri is the latest "Squad" member to lose her seat, continuing a string of losses for progressives even as Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz aim to take the party leftward.

August 7, 2024

Rep. Cori Bush loses Missouri primary, becoming second ‘Squad’ member defeated by fellow Democrat

Rep. Cori Bush became the second member of "The Squad" to be defeated Tuesday night after the progressive firebrand lost the Democratic primary in her bid for a third term.

August 6, 2024

New poll shows Trump, Harris tied in Pennsylvania

A new poll in the swing state of Pennsylvania shows former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied among likely voters.

August 5, 2024

Squad member Cori Bush’s anti-Israel stance puts her at risk in Tuesday’s Democratic primary

Rep. Cori Bush is fighting for her political survival in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Missouri where her anti-Israel stance threatens to make her the second "Squad" member ousted by Democratic voters.

August 5, 2024

Victims of clergy sex abuse in San Francisco rebuke Kamala Harris for not fighting for them

Catholic clergy abuse victims in California strenuously objected when Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris described herself as a top-notch prosecutor who went after sex offenders during her time as San Francisco's district attorney.

August 5, 2024

Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits he cheated with nanny on his first wife

Vice President Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff on Saturday admitted to cheating on his first wife.

August 3, 2024

Harris backed using ‘lists’ of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris once threatened to use databases of gun owners to send police to their homes to confiscate firearms.

August 1, 2024

Republican lawmakers demand info from more than 130 companies about ESG initiative

House GOP lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee demanded information Tuesday from more than 130 companies about their involvement with an investor-led climate action initiative.

July 30, 2024

GOP lawmakers want GAO to probe how DOJ investigates Chinese spies on U.S. soil

House Republicans called on the Government Accountability Office to review how the Justice Department investigates foreign nationals sent to spy on U.S. soil.

July 30, 2024

‘Reduced to a pulse’: Jan. 6 defendant recounts prison treatment, DOJ’s overreach

A Jan. 6 defendant said he spent four months in solitary confinement in federal prison, harsh conditions that could have been avoided in light of the Supreme Court's ruling that the Justice Department overreached when it charged hundreds of the U.S. Capitol defendants with felony obstruction.

July 29, 2024

Anti-Israel protesters mostly escape prosecution in nation’s capital, leaving mark on the city

Republicans are demanding the same sort of zealous prosecutions of anti-Israel demonstrators who rampaged in Washington this week as the Biden administration doled out to the protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

July 25, 2024

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Massive protests expected at Chicago’s DNC; police are ready

Star power expected to light up Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Radio’s Rickey Smiley hits a raw nerve by pressuring Black voters to back Harris

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin questioned about Tim Walz’s 30 trips to China

Tim Walz has record of praising Muslim cleric who commended Hitler

Tim Walz called out for routinely making false claims about his military rank

Walz caught in another video giving the impression he went to war

Popular Black influencer says he snubbed Harris despite Democratic team’s pleas for interview

Walz’s military record questioned after comments about serving in war

Democrats vote out another progressive as Harris, Walz seek to move party to the left

Rep. Cori Bush loses Missouri primary, becoming second ‘Squad’ member defeated by fellow Democrat

New poll shows Trump, Harris tied in Pennsylvania

Squad member Cori Bush’s anti-Israel stance puts her at risk in Tuesday’s Democratic primary

Victims of clergy sex abuse in San Francisco rebuke Kamala Harris for not fighting for them

Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits he cheated with nanny on his first wife

Harris backed using ‘lists’ of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms

Republican lawmakers demand info from more than 130 companies about ESG initiative

GOP lawmakers want GAO to probe how DOJ investigates Chinese spies on U.S. soil

‘Reduced to a pulse’: Jan. 6 defendant recounts prison treatment, DOJ’s overreach

Anti-Israel protesters mostly escape prosecution in nation’s capital, leaving mark on the city