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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

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, speaks to reporters on the morning after the midterm election, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney and AOC in blame game over New York Dem losses

Post-election finger-pointing has begun among New York Democrats after stinging losses in the reliably blue state.

November 11, 2022

U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to a South Carolina GOP fundraising dinner on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) ** FILE **

Kevin McCarthy’s run for House speaker is headed for a challenge from his right flank

Rep. Bob Good warned that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will face a challenge from another GOP lawmaker for the speakership in a Republican-run chamber.

November 11, 2022

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., makes a point from the Republican side as the House Judiciary Committee holds an emergency meeting to advance a series of Democratic gun control measures, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gaetz rages against McCarthy, urges Republicans to withhold support for speaker bid

Rep. Matt Gaetz bashed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday night and told his fellow Republicans that they should not back the California lawmaker as House speaker.

November 10, 2022

Republican Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaks at a news conference on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. Laxalt is trying to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada Senate race narrows between Laxalt and Cortez Masto

The Nevada Senate race between Republican Adam Laxalt and Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto has narrowed since Election Day.

November 10, 2022

From left to right, Utah Republican Congressmen Chris Stewart, John Curtis, Burgess Owens speak during an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Historic gains for GOP following election of Black candidates

At least five Black Republican lawmakers will serve concurrently in Congress next year, a number the GOP has not seen since the early 1870s.

November 9, 2022

Congressional candidate Mike Lawler delivers a speech to supporters before knowing the final results during an election night party, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Pearl River, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) **FILE**

New York Republicans flip House seats amid gubernatorial loss

A handful of New York Republicans had a strong showing in the midterms, winning House seats thanks to an inflated GOP turnout in districts aided by Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin's bid for governor.

November 9, 2022

Marc Molinaro, then a Republican candidate for New York's 19th Congressional District, speaks to supporters at his election headquarters in Binghamton, N.Y., late Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) ** FILE **

Marc Molinaro scores GOP comeback win in toss-up House race in upstate New York

Republican Marcus Molinaro defeated Democrat Josh Riley Wednesday in New York's 19th Congressional District.

November 9, 2022

Mike Lawler, Republican candidate for New York's 17th Congressional District, greets supporters at the end of Senate candidate Bill Weber's speech during an election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Pearl River, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

GOP’s Lawler ousts DCCC Chairman Maloney in New York congressional district

The chairman of the House Democrats campaign operation on Wednesday conceded defeat in his own reelection bid, making him the first in his position in 40 years to lose reelection in a general election.

November 9, 2022

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (WABC via AP)

Kathy Hochul beats Lee Zeldin to make history as New York’s first elected female governor

Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled out a decisive win Tuesday despite a spirited challenge from Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin.

November 8, 2022

This combination of photos shows New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., on Oct. 25, 2022, in New York, left, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 27, 2022, in Syracuse, N.Y., right. (AP Photo)

Hochul, Zeldin make final campaign pitches on Election Day

New York's gubernatorial candidates made final stops around the city giving their final campaign pitches to voters.

November 8, 2022

Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake speaks to supporters prior to former President Donald Trump speaking at a Save America Rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Backfire: Dems spent millions to get pro-Trump candidates on the ballot, and now they’re winning

The Democrats' plan to bankroll MAGA Republicans in the primaries to tee up easy victories in the general elections blew up in their faces with some of those "unelectable" Trump-backed candidates headed for victory.

November 7, 2022

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a campaign event Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Hochul accuses Zeldin of ‘hyperventilating’ about crime in New York

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul claims her GOP challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin is "hyperventilating" over the crime problems in the state.

November 7, 2022

President Joe Biden holds hands with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as they wave to the crowd after speaking at a campaign event Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden, Dem leaders join Hochul in bid to lift her stalling gubernatorial campaign

President Biden joined Gov. Kathy Hochul and other New York Democratic luminaries Sunday at Sarah Lawrence College in a final effort to encourage their party's voters to come out to the polls before Election Day on Tuesday.

November 6, 2022

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at Barnard College in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC jogger raped hours before Hillary Clinton accuses New York GOP of scaring voters about crime

A female jogger in New York City was raped Thursday by a homeless man wanted for two sex crimes with at least 25 prior arrests.

November 4, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Republicans release 1,000-page report on whistleblower claims of politicization at FBI and DOJ

Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee have released a 1,000-page report detailing a "rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level" of the FBI.

November 4, 2022

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks at the Tunnel Hill Depot during a campaign stop in Tunnel Hill, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) ** FILE **

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Paul Pelosi should have been armed and ‘shot his attacker’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Thursday that Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have been armed with a gun the morning he was attacked last week "and shot his attacker."

November 4, 2022

U.S. former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech during an international conference that aims to fast-track the road to gender equality and mobilize millions of dollars to achieve the long-sought goal quickly, at the Louvre Carrousel in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton says she won’t leave Twitter if Trump returns to the platform

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she has no plans to leave Twitter even if former President Donald Trump returns to the social media platform.

November 3, 2022

New Hampshire Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc speaks during a debate on Sept. 7, 2022, in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

GOP Senate candidate says he was assaulted before debate

Don Bolduc, the Republican candidate in New Hampshire's Senate election, dodged a punch from a heckler Wednesday night before debating Democratic incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan.

November 3, 2022

In this May 27, 2020, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison answers questions during a news conference in St. Paul, Minn. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool, File)

New poll shows GOP challenger leading Minnesota AG Keith Ellison

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is trailing his GOP challenger in a new poll released recently.

November 2, 2022

Then-Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

House GOP leaders accuse SEC of evading record-keeping laws

Top House GOP lawmakers derided Security Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler for inconsistency and hypocrisy with record-keeping laws.

November 2, 2022