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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

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel blames greedy consultants for hobbling GOP’s inexperienced candidates

Ronna McDaniel, who is poised to capture a historic fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee, has not only absolved herself of any responsibility for the string of disappointing elections for the GOP on her watch but also has given former President Donald Trump a pass.

December 21, 2022

Boebert-MTG fight over McCarthy speakership spills out online

Two of the House Republicans' most vocal conservative firebrands duked it out online over the speakership battle that will decide whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has enough support in his conference to win the gavel in January.

December 21, 2022

Ronna McDaniel lassos back RNC member who strayed from her reelection herd

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is working overtime to hold together the support she needs for reelection next month, personally intervening -- including calling reporters -- when any of the committee members supporting her waver.

December 19, 2022

FBI whistleblower: Bosses cooked books on Jan. 6 inquiry to snooker feds for more funding

An FBI whistleblower has accused bureau officials of cooking the books to conceal the number of work hours devoted to the Jan. 6 investigation and inflate time spent on other cases.

December 16, 2022

House passes bill to give Puerto Rico binding referendum on ending U.S. territory status

The House passed legislation Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold its first-ever binding referendum on whether to end its U.S. territorial status and become a state, or gain independent status.

December 15, 2022

GOP lawmakers call on Biden to release records of censorship collusion with social media platforms

Republicans who have accused the Biden administration of colluding with social media firms to trample on free speech rights on Wednesday teed up a resolution of inquiry requesting records of communications between the White House and the tech giants.

December 14, 2022

McCarthy rejects criticism he’s angling for speaker with chest-thumping about year-end spending bill

"Just 20 days until the new House Republican majority ..." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declared on former President Trump's Truth Social media platform Wednesday morning, hours after Senate GOP leadership announced that congressional negotiators were near an agreement to fund the federal government with a massive year-end spending bill.

December 14, 2022

GOP lawmaker grills transgender activist over past tweets threatening Supreme Court justices

Rep. Nancy Mace scrutinized a transgender activist during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing over previous violent online statements the activist made against conservative Supreme Court justices.

December 13, 2022

Race for RNC chair heats up as Ronna McDaniel challenger picks up big endorsements

Ronna McDaniel has pledges of support from 108 of the 168 Republican National Committee members voting in next month's chairmanship race -- but RNC insiders say a fourth term for Mrs. McDaniel isn't a done deal.

December 11, 2022

Biden energy official Sam Brinton charged with second luggage theft, this time in Las Vegas

Sam Brinton, the first gender-fluid person with a high-ranking post at the Department of Energy, who is facing felony charges for stealing designer luggage at a Minneapolis airport, has been accused of another luggage theft at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

December 9, 2022

GOP operative, right provocateur Roger Stone thanks Elon Musk, Jesus Christ for having Twitter back

Roger Stone, the GOP political consultant and Trump ally whom Twitter's previous management booted from the platform five years ago, had his account reinstated Wednesday.

December 8, 2022

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez under House ethics investigation in new Congress

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation for breaking House ethics rules, the House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday.

December 7, 2022

Lee Zeldin passes on run for RNC chair, urges Ronna McDaniel to step aside for new leadership

Outgoing Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York is not running for chairman of the Republican National Committee despite his name being floated as an alternative to RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel.

December 7, 2022

McCarthy starts to play hardball with GOP rebels struggling to find opposing House speaker candidate

A small faction of rebel House Republicans is scraping the back bench of the conference, and even looking outside the Capitol, in search of an alternative to GOP leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker.

December 6, 2022

Former Trump campaign lawyer Harmeet Dhillon running for RNC chair

Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican National Committee member from California, announced Monday night that she is running for RNC chair against three-term party leader Ronna McDaniel.

December 5, 2022

McCarthy detractor says others ready to challenge him as GOP moderates call for party to unite

Republicans supporting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to become speaker are calling for his detractors to unite behind him, but one of his main critics says others are ready to challenge the California Republican.

December 2, 2022

Manchin: DOE official Sam Brinton in ‘big trouble’ but shouldn’t be fired yet for snatching $2K bag

Senior Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee are not ready to call for the dismissal of Sam Brinton, who was heralded as the first gender-fluid person with a high-ranking federal post but now faces felony charges for stealing designer luggage at a Minneapolis airport.