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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

Gov. Hogan orders state police to stop requiring ‘good reason’ standard for gun permit applicants

Gov. Larry Hogan, citing a recent pro-gun rights decision by the Supreme Court, said Tuesday that Maryland will drop the "good and substantial reason" standard the state has been using to evaluate applications for wear-and-carry firearms permits.

July 5, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene exhorts GOP to fight ‘two-tiered’ justice system, make it top campaign issue

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who counts herself among the victims of a "two-tier" justice system in the U.S., is rallying Republicans to make holding the Justice Department accountable a major plank in the party's campaign platform.

July 1, 2022

Giuliani denies seeking pardon from Trump

Rudolph W. Giuliani is disputing a claim from a former White House aide that he sought out a pardon from then-President Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

June 30, 2022

Second Amendment groups file injunction to block NYC from enforcing ‘good cause’ gun permit law

Gun rights groups filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday to stop New York City from enforcing its century-old requirement that residents show "proper cause" to carry a firearm, in the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state's gun law.

June 29, 2022

Rep. Lee Zeldin wins GOP primary for New York governor

Rep. Lee Zeldin prevailed in New York's Republican gubernatorial primary and will now face Gov. Kathy Hochul, who won the Democratic primary, in November.

June 28, 2022

Rep. Gohmert calls for Jan. 6 committee to release full deposition alleging he requested pardon

Rep. Louie Gohmert called on the January 6 Select Committee on Monday to release the full deposition of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in which she claimed that Mr. Gohmert, and other GOP lawmakers, sought presidential pardons in late 2020.

June 27, 2022

Grocery store worker charged with assaulting Rudy Giuliani over abortion ruling

A man has been charged with assault after hitting former New York Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani in a Staten Island Shop Rite.

June 27, 2022

AOC accuses GOP lawmakers of ‘killing women and pregnant people’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused GOP lawmakers of "incompetence" after claiming they are "killing women and pregnant people."

June 26, 2022

Pelosi vows that Roe is on the ballot in November

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday lashed out at the Supreme Court for the justices' decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade, calling the high court "Trumpian" and vowing that Democrats will prevail in the midterms because conservatives ended abortion rights.

June 24, 2022

First gun control bill in decades passes Senate with GOP support

The Senate on Thursday passed the first major federal gun control bill in decades, breaking the longtime Republican blockade against further restrictions on firearms and sending the legislation to almost certain final approval by the Democratic-run House.

June 23, 2022

Biden praises Senate for cloture vote on guns, chides Congress for taking decade to pass bill

President Biden praised the Senate on Thursday for clearing the filibuster hurdle on the first major firearms legislation in decades but chided lawmakers for taking "too long" to get there.

June 23, 2022

Bipartisan gun bill clears GOP filibuster threat to tee up passage, major win for Biden

A bipartisan gun-control bill cleared the Senate filibuster hurdle on Thursday, with Republicans providing the necessary votes to all but guarantee passage of the first major federal firearm laws in decades.

June 23, 2022

Defying Senate GOP, House Republicans won’t back gun bill

House Republicans have vowed to oppose the bipartisan gun control bill that was sanctioned by Senate GOP leaders who lined up the needed support for it to pass in the upper chamber as soon as Thursday.

June 22, 2022

Republicans name Democratic staffer who let Stephen Colbert TV crew into Capitol complex

House Republicans have named the congressional aide to Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts Democrat, who allowed TV's Stephen Colbert's comedy crew into one of the House office buildings after hours.

June 21, 2022

Biden yields to GOP, will keep factory running for AR-15 ammo, senator says

Fifty House Republicans have petitioned President Biden to stop the Pentagon's plan to ban commercial production of AR-15 ammunition at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri, which makes as much as 40% of the commercially available AR-15 bullets in the U.S.

June 21, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Gov. Hogan orders state police to stop requiring ‘good reason’ standard for gun permit applicants

Marjorie Taylor Greene exhorts GOP to fight ‘two-tiered’ justice system, make it top campaign issue

Giuliani denies seeking pardon from Trump

Second Amendment groups file injunction to block NYC from enforcing ‘good cause’ gun permit law

Rep. Lee Zeldin wins GOP primary for New York governor

Rep. Gohmert calls for Jan. 6 committee to release full deposition alleging he requested pardon

Grocery store worker charged with assaulting Rudy Giuliani over abortion ruling

AOC accuses GOP lawmakers of ‘killing women and pregnant people’

Pelosi vows that Roe is on the ballot in November

First gun control bill in decades passes Senate with GOP support

Biden praises Senate for cloture vote on guns, chides Congress for taking decade to pass bill

Bipartisan gun bill clears GOP filibuster threat to tee up passage, major win for Biden

Defying Senate GOP, House Republicans won’t back gun bill

Republicans name Democratic staffer who let Stephen Colbert TV crew into Capitol complex

Biden yields to GOP, will keep factory running for AR-15 ammo, senator says

House GOP plans to punish Garland for alleged partisanship at DOJ

Dems urge Google to limit search results showing pro-life pregnancy centers they call ‘fake clinics’

Pelosi: GOP is ‘politicizing’ abortion issue blaming Dems for violence against pro-life advocates

New York Dem primary gets nastier as Rep. Nadler lobs ‘anti-vaxxer’ accusation at Rep. Maloney

Lawmakers seek solutions to tampon shortage