Author profile

Follow author updates

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

Jan. 6 committee kept a lid on testimony Trump pushed for extra troops at Capitol

The Democrat-run House Jan. 6 committee suppressed testimony about President Trump pushing for National Guard troops to protect the U.S. Capitol on the day of the riot.

March 11, 2024

House report questions Jan. 6 Select Committee subpoena authority, citing violations of rules

House Democrats played fast and loose with the rules when they formed the Jan. 6 Select Committee, according to a new report released by the oversight panel of the House Administration Committee.

March 11, 2024

RNC members see Lara Trump as a sharp message maker, answer to their fundraising struggles

Party leaders gathered here over the weekend for the Republican National Committee's spring meeting are hopeful new co-chair Lara Trump, with her famous last name and media presence, can fix the organization's fundraising struggles.

March 10, 2024

Ronna McDaniel calls for GOP to unite in tearful goodbye speech

Former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel got weepy Friday as she bid farewell to the RNC, calling on the members to heal divisions within the party.

March 8, 2024

New leadership team takes over the RNC

The Republican National Committee elected its new senior leadership team Friday at the party's annual spring meeting, closing the book on Ronna McDaneil's longtime stewardship of the Republican Party.

March 8, 2024

Michael Whatley, handpicked by Trump, elected RNC chairman

The Republican National Committee on Friday elected a new chair to replace Ronna McDaniel, who was forced out by former President Donald Trump.

March 8, 2024

RNC members gather in Houston to elect new leaders, cement Trump’s grip on the party

The Republican National Committee's 168 members plan to gather in a downtown hotel on Friday to rubber-stamp new senior leadership who were handpicked by former President Donald Trump.

March 7, 2024

Youngkin endorses Trump after Super Tuesday’s nomination-clinching wins

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin endorsed former President Donald Trump for president on Wednesday night, a day after Mr. Trump easily won almost all the GOP primaries during Super Tuesday, including the Commonwealth.

March 6, 2024

RNC won’t vote on proposal to prohibit paying Trump’s legal bills

The Republican National Committee won't act on a proposal that would have barred it from paying former President Donald Trump's legal bills, after the proposition failed to get enough support among RNC members.

March 6, 2024

New House bill would eliminate liability protections for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers

Legislation introduced Tuesday in the House would strip pharmaceutical companies of liability protections for COVID-19 vaccines.

March 5, 2024

Congress subpoenas Andrew Cuomo to testify about New York’s COVID-19 nursing home deaths

A House panel called on former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to explain why he mandated nursing homes and long-term care facilities house potentially contagious and untested COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic.

March 5, 2024

Republicans press EventBrite and GoFundMe for evidence of government spying on transactions

House Republican lawmakers are asking the crowdfunding giants Eventbrite and GoFundMe to cooperate with their investigation into the Biden administration allegedly pressuring large financial institutions to spy on customers' private transactions in search of people considered by the government to be extremists.

March 5, 2024

Garland beefing up team to fight voter ID and drop-box limits, says laws suppress Black voters

Attorney General Merrick Garland said on the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries that states requiring voter ID at the polls and restricting drop boxes are suppressing Black voters, and the Justice Department has doubled the number of its lawyers to fight those laws.

March 4, 2024

House panel releases 5,000 additional hours of Jan. 6 footage

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Barry Loudermilk announced Friday the release of 5,000 hours of footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol protest.

March 1, 2024

GOP senators call for a conference meeting to discuss new leader election

A group of 10 GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber called on Senate Conference Chair John Barrasso to schedule a meeting to discuss the upcoming election of a new leader.

March 1, 2024

FBI agents raid home of top aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Bronx residence of a senior adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

February 29, 2024

Bipartisan Senate bill would allow closer scrutiny of misconduct by DOJ lawyers

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee has reintroduced legislation that closes the loophole that precludes the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General from investigating misconduct by federal prosecutors.

February 29, 2024

AOC defends sanctuary cities, criticizes Mayor Adams amid illegal immigrant crime wave

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's still a firm supporter of sanctuary policies, and criticized New York Mayor Eric Adams' new proposal to water down his city's rules preventing cooperation with Homeland Security on deportation detainer requests.

February 29, 2024

State and congressional lawmakers push policy to ban noncitizen voting amid migrant surge on border

A slew of congressional and state legislation aimed at preventing noncitizen voting at all levels is being pushed across the country as the migrant crisis has mired cities and towns deeper into tribulation.

February 29, 2024

Hochul signs legislation for new congressional maps in New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Wednesday that approved a new map for the Empire State's 26 congressional seats that is less partisan than Democrats' initial goals.

February 28, 2024

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

Jan. 6 committee kept a lid on testimony Trump pushed for extra troops at Capitol

House report questions Jan. 6 Select Committee subpoena authority, citing violations of rules

RNC members see Lara Trump as a sharp message maker, answer to their fundraising struggles

Ronna McDaniel calls for GOP to unite in tearful goodbye speech

New leadership team takes over the RNC

Michael Whatley, handpicked by Trump, elected RNC chairman

RNC members gather in Houston to elect new leaders, cement Trump’s grip on the party

Youngkin endorses Trump after Super Tuesday’s nomination-clinching wins

RNC won’t vote on proposal to prohibit paying Trump’s legal bills

New House bill would eliminate liability protections for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers

Congress subpoenas Andrew Cuomo to testify about New York’s COVID-19 nursing home deaths

Republicans press EventBrite and GoFundMe for evidence of government spying on transactions

Garland beefing up team to fight voter ID and drop-box limits, says laws suppress Black voters

House panel releases 5,000 additional hours of Jan. 6 footage

GOP senators call for a conference meeting to discuss new leader election

FBI agents raid home of top aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams

Bipartisan Senate bill would allow closer scrutiny of misconduct by DOJ lawyers

AOC defends sanctuary cities, criticizes Mayor Adams amid illegal immigrant crime wave

State and congressional lawmakers push policy to ban noncitizen voting amid migrant surge on border

Hochul signs legislation for new congressional maps in New York