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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

House GOP makes new bid to overhaul FISA spy laws

House Republicans offered up a new plan Thursday to tweak laws for spying on foreigners.

April 23, 2026

Trump calls on Schumer to apologize for ripping Border Patrol, ICE

President Trump on Thursday demanded that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer apologize to immigration authorities for remarks the New York Democrat made on the chamber's floor.

April 23, 2026

Judge blocks certification of Democrats’ win in Virginia redistricting referendum

A Virginia judge has stopped the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's referendum in which voters narrowly approved Democrats' new gerrymandered congressional map.

April 22, 2026

Trump alleges Virginia pro-Democrat referendum vote was ‘rigged,’ lays blame on mail-in ballots

President Trump said Wednesday that Virginia's redistricting referendum was "rigged," saying Republicans were ahead in the voting against the Democratic-proposed map until a "massive mail in ballot drop" helped Democrats win.

April 22, 2026

Republicans lose in Virginia redistricting referendum but fight on in the state’s high court

Republicans are now turning to the Virginia Supreme Court for a last chance to stop Democrats' new gerrymandered congressional map before the midterm elections in November.

April 22, 2026

Trump announces Iranian female protesters won’t be executed

President Trump announced on social media Wednesday that the eight Iranian women scheduled to be executed by the regime now won't be.

April 22, 2026

Grassley says FBI lacked evidence to target GOP over Jan. 6 reconnaissance-tour claims

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley released new records Tuesday revealing weaknesses in a Biden-era FBI investigation of Republican lawmakers suspected of leading reconnaissance tours ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

April 21, 2026

Trump says Democrats, news media rooting against U.S. as war talks with Iran play out

President Trump on Monday accused Democrats and the media of attempting to sabotage the United States' "very strong" negotiating position against Iran by saying he is under pressure to quickly make a deal.

April 20, 2026

Anarchists call for fellow radicals around globe to take to the streets on May 1st

Anarchists have issued a global call to take to the streets and protest on May 1 in the name of anti-authoritarian solidarity for their annual May Day event.

April 20, 2026

No law currently prevents Congress members from having dual citizenship

Act for America is pressuring Congress to pass legislation to ban people with foreign citizenship from serving in the House and Senate.

April 20, 2026

Congress approves brief extension of FISA surveillance; disputes unresolved

Congress has approved a 10-day extension of a warrantless spy program after conservative Republican hard-liners refused to support GOP leaders' urging to reauthorize the law without any modifications.

April 17, 2026

GOP leaders again delay FISA vote despite personal pitch from CIA chief

House Republican leaders again delayed a procedural vote Wednesday aimed at extending a key section of the federal warrantless surveillance law, despite another plea from CIA Director John Ratcliffe to renew the law without changes.

April 15, 2026

Spanberger approves, amends several Virginia gun control laws

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed six gun-control bills and amended four others that reached her desk last month.

April 14, 2026

GOP’s filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE expected in Senate early next week

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is forging ahead with a reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration enforcement operations and planning a vote for next week.

April 14, 2026

Trump says Rep. Swalwell got caught ‘with hands in cookie jar’

Just before embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell said Monday he is resigning, President Trump told The Washington Times that the lawmaker was a "dangerous person" to be serving in Congress.

April 13, 2026

Melania Trump expected on Capitol Hill this week to discuss foster care initiative

First lady Melania Trump is expected to join a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday to advance her second major legislative initiative of this administration, intended to protect America's Foster Care children.

April 13, 2026

IRS adopts new way to calculate regulatory burdens

The IRS has adopted the National Taxpayers Union's proposal for calculating the costs of taxpayer compliance, which the low-tax advocates said was a "more realistic method."

April 13, 2026

Clock ticking until tranche of gun control bills becomes law in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has just a few hours to decide whether she will sign gun control legislation that would transform firearm rights in the commonwealth.

April 13, 2026

Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s

The federal workforce has shrunk by more than 352,000 employees since President Trump took office last year, through firings, resignations and retirements, according to numbers released from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through Federal Reserve Economic Data.

April 10, 2026

Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case

Pro-firearms organizations criticized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro for trying to set back a key gun rights case after she signed onto a Justice Department brief seeking to revisit a major pro-Second Amendment ruling from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

April 9, 2026

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

House GOP makes new bid to overhaul FISA spy laws

Trump calls on Schumer to apologize for ripping Border Patrol, ICE

Judge blocks certification of Democrats’ win in Virginia redistricting referendum

Trump alleges Virginia pro-Democrat referendum vote was ‘rigged,’ lays blame on mail-in ballots

Republicans lose in Virginia redistricting referendum but fight on in the state’s high court

Trump announces Iranian female protesters won’t be executed

Grassley says FBI lacked evidence to target GOP over Jan. 6 reconnaissance-tour claims

Trump says Democrats, news media rooting against U.S. as war talks with Iran play out

Anarchists call for fellow radicals around globe to take to the streets on May 1st

No law currently prevents Congress members from having dual citizenship

Congress approves brief extension of FISA surveillance; disputes unresolved

GOP leaders again delay FISA vote despite personal pitch from CIA chief

Spanberger approves, amends several Virginia gun control laws

GOP’s filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE expected in Senate early next week

Trump says Rep. Swalwell got caught ‘with hands in cookie jar’

Melania Trump expected on Capitol Hill this week to discuss foster care initiative

IRS adopts new way to calculate regulatory burdens

Clock ticking until tranche of gun control bills becomes law in Virginia

Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s

Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case