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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

McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair

Ronna McDaniel was reelected Friday to an unprecedented fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee after members of the national party veered away from calls for a leadership shakeup following a disappointing midterm election cycle.

January 27, 2023

Dhillon banks on secret ballot surprise to beat McDaniel in RNC chair election

The consensus among members of the Republican National Committee gathered here for their winter meeting is Ronna McDaniel is on a glide path to capturing an unprecedented fourth term as their chairwoman.

January 26, 2023

DeSantis calls for change at RNC, boosts Harmeet Dhillon’s insurgent bid against McDaniel

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Thursday gave a boost to Harmeet Dhillon's bid for chair of the Republican National Committee, saying it is time for a change of leadership after "three substandard election cycles in a row."

January 26, 2023

Harmeet Dhillon’s team says McDaniel losing support, race for RNC chair ‘closer than people think’

Harmeet Dhillon's supporters insist she's got a shot at beating Ronna McDaniel in the secret ballot vote Friday to name the new chair of the Republican National Committee.

January 26, 2023

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel expected to win reelection; backers say she unites, builds the party

The prevailing chatter at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting is that RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will easily win an unprecedented fourth term when the votes are tallied Friday.

January 26, 2023

Rough-and-tumble race for RNC chair gives the party’s committeemen the willies

The race for chair of the Republican National Committee has turned into an acrimonious affair that has exposed lingering rifts and left some members wondering whether this family feud has been good for the GOP.

January 25, 2023

Kevin McCarthy blocks Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell from Intel panel

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially rejected the appointments of Democratic Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

January 24, 2023

Speaker McCarthy losing GOP support to strip Dems from committees

Some House Republicans have broken with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over plans to oust Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from committees.

January 24, 2023

GOP keeps diversity and inclusion as priorities on House financial services committee

Republicans hold the reins of the House Financial Services Committee and have no plans to kill off a Democratic relic that prioritized diversity and inclusion on the panel.

January 23, 2023

Jeffries prepares for fight with McCarthy after renominating Swalwell, Schiff to Intel Committee

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries formally nominated two California Democrats on the Select Committee on Intelligence and is expected to nominate another Democrat on the Foreign Affairs panel, all three of whom Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged to block.

January 23, 2023

Dems quick to blame ‘bigotry’ in California shooting before suspect identified

Democratic lawmakers blamed ethnic bigotry as the motivation behind Saturday night's mass shooting at a Los Angeles dance club before authorities released information about the suspect.

January 22, 2023

Mayors insist they are addressing their cities’ crime problems that they attribute to pandemic, guns

When mayors from the nation's biggest cities gathered for a conference in Washington, they boasted about having a handle on the violent crime crisis that's exploded on their watch.

January 19, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar are back on committees after two-year exile under Dem rule

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, ending two years of being banished from committees by Democrats.

January 17, 2023

Illegal immigration, migrant busing get closed-door treatment this week at U.S. Conference of Mayors

The immigration crisis that's being bused into big cities was on the agenda when the U.S. Conference of Mayors kicked off its winter meeting Tuesday in Washington, but the mayors' big discussion about border jumpers will happen in private.

January 17, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan says new subcommittee will probe ‘disparate’ treatment of Jan. 6 defendants

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said the new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government wants to investigate the alleged mistreatment of Jan. 6, 2021, defendants during their detainment.

January 17, 2023

McCarthy says embattled Rep. Santos won’t have access to top-secret information

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says embattled first-term Rep. George Santos, New York Republican, is unlikely to have access to anything top secret.

January 12, 2023

Kevin McCarthy prepared to release all Capitol footage of Jan. 6 protest

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday he is willing to make public unreleased security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

January 12, 2023

House Republicans pass first pro-life measures in post-Roe era

The new House Republican majority launched its pro-life legislative agenda on Wednesday, passing measures protecting infants born alive during an abortion and condemning recent attacks on anti-abortion facilities and churches that provide aid to pregnant women.

January 11, 2023

More Republicans join in calls for George Santos to resign

Fellow New York Republicans and GOP officials in Rep. George Santos' home county have joined the chorus of calls for him to resign.

January 11, 2023

House to vote on bills to protect infants in failed abortions, condemn attacks on pro-life centers

House lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a pair of abortion-related measures that would condemn the recent attacks on pro-life facilities and churches as well as protect infants born alive in failed abortion procedures.

January 11, 2023

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair

Dhillon banks on secret ballot surprise to beat McDaniel in RNC chair election

DeSantis calls for change at RNC, boosts Harmeet Dhillon’s insurgent bid against McDaniel

Harmeet Dhillon’s team says McDaniel losing support, race for RNC chair ‘closer than people think’

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel expected to win reelection; backers say she unites, builds the party

Rough-and-tumble race for RNC chair gives the party’s committeemen the willies

Kevin McCarthy blocks Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell from Intel panel

Speaker McCarthy losing GOP support to strip Dems from committees

GOP keeps diversity and inclusion as priorities on House financial services committee

Jeffries prepares for fight with McCarthy after renominating Swalwell, Schiff to Intel Committee

Dems quick to blame ‘bigotry’ in California shooting before suspect identified

Mayors insist they are addressing their cities’ crime problems that they attribute to pandemic, guns

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar are back on committees after two-year exile under Dem rule

Illegal immigration, migrant busing get closed-door treatment this week at U.S. Conference of Mayors

Rep. Jim Jordan says new subcommittee will probe ‘disparate’ treatment of Jan. 6 defendants

McCarthy says embattled Rep. Santos won’t have access to top-secret information

Kevin McCarthy prepared to release all Capitol footage of Jan. 6 protest

House Republicans pass first pro-life measures in post-Roe era

More Republicans join in calls for George Santos to resign

House to vote on bills to protect infants in failed abortions, condemn attacks on pro-life centers