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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

In historic vote, GOP rebels eject House Speaker McCarthy after heated debate

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted Tuesday by a handful of rebel Republicans, throwing the chamber into chaos and escalating the GOP's battle over the future of the party.

October 3, 2023

Bigger than expected rebel vote puts McCarthy on verge of being ousted as speaker

A small group of conservative House Republicans paired with Democrats on Tuesday to advance an effort to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

October 3, 2023

GOP civil war: Gaetz lines up enough votes to oust McCarthy — will Democrats save him?

The House is just hours away from voting on a motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, and Rep. Matt Gaetz has picked up enough votes from Republicans leaning toward making that happen.

October 3, 2023

Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House

Conservative firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution Monday to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, setting into motion a floor vote this week that will decide the speaker's fate and the direction of the House Republican Conference.

October 2, 2023

Congress buckles up for McCarthy-Gaetz showdown, lawmakers exchange jabs about deals with Dems

Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday that he's been consulting with former President Donald Trump as he looks to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, adding a new layer of intrigue to the affair that could derail the GOP's agenda in Washington.

October 2, 2023

Rep. Jamaal Bowman claims he was not involved in office’s advice to Dems to call Republicans ‘Nazis’

Rep. Jamaal Bowman said Monday he was unaware of a memo from his office calling GOP lawmakers "Nazis" in response to Republican scrutiny over the New York Democrat pulling a fire alarm in a House office building.

October 2, 2023

Gaetz says he’s in contact with Trump amid effort to oust McCarthy from speakership

Rep. Matt Gaetz confirmed Monday he has been in contact with former President Donald Trump, in response to reporters' questions whether he was seeking advice from Mr. Trump over his effort to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

October 2, 2023

McCarthy says Gaetz is more interested in punishing him than pursuing Biden impeachment inquiry

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday took a jab at Rep. Matt Gaetz over reports the conservative rebel is offering committee subpoena power to Democrats in exchange for votes to help oust the speaker.

October 2, 2023

Matt Gaetz rallies House GOP rebels to force out Kevin McCarthy

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's job is on the line this week with Rep. Matt Gaetz promising to carry out his threat for a House vote to oust him.

October 1, 2023

House Republicans seek Jan. 6 treatment for Bowman over fire alarm

House Republicans want Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who admitted he pulled a U.S. Capitol building's fire alarm hours before a possible government shutdown, to get the same justice as the Jan. 6 protesters got for their 2021 breach of the Capitol to obstruct official business.

October 1, 2023

Matt Gaetz to try to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker this week, payback for making deals with Dems

Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Sunday he would attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top job in the House.

October 1, 2023

McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about gaining enough support to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure requiring Democrat votes to pass the lower chamber.

September 30, 2023

House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, sends to Senate

In an unexpected twist, the House on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill with just hours until a government shutdown with Democrats providing the necessary votes to pass Speaker Kevin McCarthy's "clean" bill.

September 30, 2023

Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on ‘tenuous’ ground

Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference to pass twelve spending measures.

September 30, 2023

Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy’s new stopgap bill

House Democrats are scrambling to buy time to figure out their position on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's stopgap bill, using arcane rules to buy as many minutes as they can.

September 30, 2023

McCarthy, GOP regroup following staggering stopgap defeat, plan to try again Saturday

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy went back to the drawing board after a large faction of his Republicans shot down a stopgap spending bill, saying he would try again on Saturday just hours before the shutdown deadline.

September 29, 2023

McCarthy confident speakership intact as temporary spending measure fails

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brushed off any concerns that Republican lawmakers are gunning for his job, but the looming government shutdown is haunting the California Republican.

September 29, 2023

Biden plans to sign legislation reversing administration’s move to defund shooting sports in schools

Veto-proof supermajorities in both the House and Senate sent legislation to President Biden intended to stop the administration's move to defund shooting-sports programs in schools through its interpretation of a previous law.

September 28, 2023

Progressive activist says Senate dress code is discriminatory against transgender individuals

A progressive activist questioned whether the Senate's dress code of business attire discriminates against transgender individuals.

September 28, 2023

Jeffries urges House Republicans to bring Senate temporary spending measure to floor

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on House Republicans to support the Senate's temporary spending bill as a way to avert a government shutdown Saturday.

September 28, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

In historic vote, GOP rebels eject House Speaker McCarthy after heated debate

Bigger than expected rebel vote puts McCarthy on verge of being ousted as speaker

GOP civil war: Gaetz lines up enough votes to oust McCarthy — will Democrats save him?

Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House

Congress buckles up for McCarthy-Gaetz showdown, lawmakers exchange jabs about deals with Dems

Rep. Jamaal Bowman claims he was not involved in office’s advice to Dems to call Republicans ‘Nazis’

Gaetz says he’s in contact with Trump amid effort to oust McCarthy from speakership

McCarthy says Gaetz is more interested in punishing him than pursuing Biden impeachment inquiry

Matt Gaetz rallies House GOP rebels to force out Kevin McCarthy

House Republicans seek Jan. 6 treatment for Bowman over fire alarm

Matt Gaetz to try to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker this week, payback for making deals with Dems

McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure

House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, sends to Senate

Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on ‘tenuous’ ground

Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy’s new stopgap bill

McCarthy, GOP regroup following staggering stopgap defeat, plan to try again Saturday

McCarthy confident speakership intact as temporary spending measure fails

Biden plans to sign legislation reversing administration’s move to defund shooting sports in schools

Progressive activist says Senate dress code is discriminatory against transgender individuals

Jeffries urges House Republicans to bring Senate temporary spending measure to floor