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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 showdown expected between rival bills to overhaul U.S. spy powers

The House will vote Tuesday on two competing bills to overhaul the federal government's chief spy power under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

December 11, 2023

House Freedom Caucus vows to block NDAA over FISA extension

The House's most conservative faction has promised to derail plans to approve the annual Pentagon policy bill before Christmas if the legislation includes an extension of the government's chief spying powers.

December 8, 2023

Fate of House Jan. 6 committee records wrapped in mystery

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, who was chairman of the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, won't say what happened to full transcripts and video of the committee's depositions that GOP investigators now seek.

December 8, 2023

Rep. Jamaal Bowman to face challenge in Democratic primary for New York seat

Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, officially launched a primary campaign Wednesday against Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York.

December 6, 2023

House Republicans launch probe into whether Jan. 6 committee colluded with Atlanta prosecutor

Republicans launched an inquiry into whether the now-defunct January 6 Select Committee handed documents and materials to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to help build a criminal case against former President Donald Trump.

December 5, 2023

‘Absolutely no reason to trust you’: Senator grills FBI chief over agency’s warrantless surveillance

A key Republican senator said Tuesday that lawmakers cannot trust the FBI on issues related to warrantless surveillance of Americans because the bureau will not detail its reforms or say whether it has punished violators.

December 5, 2023

FBI’s Wray says nobody was fired for anti-Catholic memo, but some could miss out on raises

The FBI has not fired anyone involved in drafting the memo that labeled "traditional Catholics" as potential domestic terrorists because their overstep was not "intentional," FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress.

December 5, 2023

Wray says claim of multiple field offices involved in Catholic probe is ‘garble’

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday it is a distortion for critics to claim that numerous FBI field offices beyond Richmond, Virginia, were involved in investigating whether traditional Catholics posed a terrorist threat.

December 5, 2023

FBI director says U.S. facing high level of threats: ‘I see blinking lights everywhere’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators Tuesday that he has never seen the U.S. face as dire a set of threats as it does today.

December 5, 2023

House Judiciary Committee demands warrant, other safeguards on feds’ FISA spy powers

The House Judiciary Committee released new legislation Monday to overhaul the government's main electronic spying law, proposing new limits on who can access the trove of communications and demanding the FBI get a warrant if it wants to run Americans' identities through the database.

December 4, 2023

IG launches probe into GSA’s site selection process for FBI’s new headquarters

The Office of Inspector General for the General Services Administration plans to investigate the agency's site selection process for the FBI's new headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.

November 30, 2023

Capitol Hill turf war breaks out over rewrite of government’s FISA spy powers

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees are fighting over how to rewrite rules for the government's chief spying tool before it expires at year's end.

November 30, 2023

Bill would require study of mental, academic effects of cellphone use on students in classrooms

Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have drawn up legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Education to complete a study on the effects of cellphone use in K-12 classrooms on students' mental health and academic performance.

November 27, 2023

Poll shows record high gun ownership among U.S. voters

Gun ownership among voters in the U.S. is at a record high, according to a new poll that has asked the question since 1999.

November 24, 2023

Univision CEO defends network’s interview with Trump after liberal backlash

TelevisaUnivision CEO Wade Davis is fending off Democrats' fierce criticism of the network's interview with former President Donald Trump.

November 22, 2023

Trump appointee sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes refuses to turn on the former president

Some Jan. 6 defendants have recanted and said they were misled by former President Donald Trump, but not Federico Klein, who said that if there was a real victim in that chaos at the U.S. Capitol that day, it was Mr. Trump.

November 22, 2023

Biden has yet to congratulate libertarian President-elect Milei of Argentina on his election victory

President Biden has yet to personally congratulate President-elect Javier Milei of Argentina following his enormous electoral victory.

November 21, 2023

Argentina political earthquake elates conservatives, concerns China

China reacted warily Monday while former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans celebrated the news that firebrand libertarian conservative Javier Milei had scored a decisive victory over an establishment candidate in Argentina's presidential runoff Sunday.

November 20, 2023

Republicans applaud election of new Argentine President Javier Milei

Former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans congratulated and praised Argentina's president-elect, Javier Milei, a libertarian conservative who decisively defeated Economy Minister Sergio Massa of the Peronists on Sunday.

November 20, 2023

FBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdiction

Top FBI officials ordered an agent to scrub his Facebook page to delete anti-Trump vitriol before they would promote him to head the bureau's Miami field office, a whistleblower has told Congress.

November 20, 2023

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

House showdown expected between rival bills to overhaul U.S. spy powers

House Freedom Caucus vows to block NDAA over FISA extension

Fate of House Jan. 6 committee records wrapped in mystery

Rep. Jamaal Bowman to face challenge in Democratic primary for New York seat

House Republicans launch probe into whether Jan. 6 committee colluded with Atlanta prosecutor

‘Absolutely no reason to trust you’: Senator grills FBI chief over agency’s warrantless surveillance

FBI’s Wray says nobody was fired for anti-Catholic memo, but some could miss out on raises

Wray says claim of multiple field offices involved in Catholic probe is ‘garble’

FBI director says U.S. facing high level of threats: ‘I see blinking lights everywhere’

House Judiciary Committee demands warrant, other safeguards on feds’ FISA spy powers

IG launches probe into GSA’s site selection process for FBI’s new headquarters

Capitol Hill turf war breaks out over rewrite of government’s FISA spy powers

Bill would require study of mental, academic effects of cellphone use on students in classrooms

Poll shows record high gun ownership among U.S. voters

Univision CEO defends network’s interview with Trump after liberal backlash

Trump appointee sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes refuses to turn on the former president

Biden has yet to congratulate libertarian President-elect Milei of Argentina on his election victory

Argentina political earthquake elates conservatives, concerns China

Republicans applaud election of new Argentine President Javier Milei

FBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdiction