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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

Democratic leaders still say info on Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation

The contents on the laptop of President Biden's son Hunter Biden were authenticated by mainstream outlets recently, but two Democratic leaders still say it's Russian disinformation.

March 30, 2022

McCarthy rips Cawthorn for wild allegations about Washington orgies, says Cawthorn changed his story

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday condemned Rep. Madison Cawthorn for publicly suggesting that since he came to Washington he received invitations for orgies and witnessed cocaine use by prominent people on Capitol Hill.

March 30, 2022

GOP senators explore Chinese company’s $1 million payment to Hunter Biden’s firms

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson on Tuesday presented more bank records that show President Biden's son Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from companies connected to the communist Chinese regime as recently as 2017.

March 29, 2022

Bank records show Hunter Biden received $100,000 in 2017 from Chinese firm

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson have revealed financial records showing how an arm of the Chinese government transferred $100,000 to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

March 29, 2022

Issa preps investigation into Big Tech suppression of Hunter Biden laptop story before 2020 election

Rep. Darrell Issa sent document preservation notices to the White House, Facebook, Twitter and members of the intelligence community who he said were involved with coordinating the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story before the November 2020 presidential election.

March 28, 2022

House GOP prepping investigations of Hunter Biden, Afghan pullout, COVID-19 origins

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are laying the groundwork for a slew of investigations of the Biden administration, including of Hunter Biden, the Afghanistan pullout and the origins of COVID-19.

March 25, 2022

Cheney spokesman says GOP lawmakers support Putin for endorsing her primary opponent

Rep. Liz Cheney returned fire at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other GOP lawmakers Thursday after the California Republican and nearly half the conference endorsed her primary opponent. "

March 25, 2022

Latina lawmaker pushes for immigration reform at GOP retreat

A GOP press conference turned into a push for comprehensive immigration reform Thursday when Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar accused Democrats of lying to Hispanics about passing immigration reform and failing to deliver.

March 25, 2022

Top GOP voice on foreign affairs slams plummeting federal espionage indictments

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Federal indictments are plummeting even as the number of foreign espionage cases in the United States has increased, the top-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday.

March 24, 2022

Rep. Liz Cheney ditches House Republican retreat

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Rep. Liz Cheney is a no-show at this year's annual House Republican retreat.

March 24, 2022

McCaul: GOP on House panel keeping eye on Hunter Biden dealings

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Rep. Michael McCaul says Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will keep an eye on developments related to the international business deals made by President Biden's son, Hunter Biden.

March 23, 2022

Democrat’s wife spouts off on Twitter about husband’s past affair

Sonya Douglass Horsford, the wife of Rep. Steven Horsford, described her disappointment with her husband on Twitter for deciding to run for reelection after he revealed two years ago that had a decade-long affair with a former Senate intern.

March 22, 2022

RNC launches voter registration drives at gas stations

The Republican National Committee announced Monday a nationwide initiative to register voters at gas stations to highlight the rising fuel prices at the pump.

March 21, 2022

McCarthy pledges to boot Schiff off intel committee in a GOP majority

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to eject Rep. Adam Schiff from his seat on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence if Republicans take back the majority in November.

March 18, 2022

House lawmakers consider whether to roll back proxy voting

House lawmakers debated in a Rules Committee hearing Thursday whether to roll back their system of proxy voting, established two years ago at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 17, 2022

Zelenskyy’s powerful plea for help moves Congress, puts Biden on the spot to step up aid

Bipartisan pressure intensified Wednesday on President Biden to act more decisively in the Russian-Ukraine war after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a powerful speech to Congress pleading for more military firepower.

March 16, 2022

Lawmakers press Biden to help send MiG fighter jets after Zelenskyy’s address to Congress

Lawmakers stepped up pressure on President Biden to help get fighter jets to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful appeal to Congress on Wednesday for more U.S. military support.

March 16, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul forces vote passing Senate resolution to lift public transportation mask mandate

The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday to repeal mask mandates on public transportation after Sen. Rand Paul forced it to a vote.

March 15, 2022

Legal window closing on activists seeking to boot Rep. Cawthorn off the ballot for Jan. 6 riot

Liberal activists, legal scholars and anti-Trump Republicans have hit another legal snag in their attempt to throw conservative firebrand Rep. Madison Cawthorn off the ballot for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot.

March 15, 2022

Rep. Lee Zeldin has slight lead over N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul in internal poll

An internal campaign poll for Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin shows him moving slightly ahead of Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the race for governor.

March 14, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Democratic leaders still say info on Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation

McCarthy rips Cawthorn for wild allegations about Washington orgies, says Cawthorn changed his story

GOP senators explore Chinese company’s $1 million payment to Hunter Biden’s firms

Bank records show Hunter Biden received $100,000 in 2017 from Chinese firm

Issa preps investigation into Big Tech suppression of Hunter Biden laptop story before 2020 election

House GOP prepping investigations of Hunter Biden, Afghan pullout, COVID-19 origins

Cheney spokesman says GOP lawmakers support Putin for endorsing her primary opponent

Latina lawmaker pushes for immigration reform at GOP retreat

Top GOP voice on foreign affairs slams plummeting federal espionage indictments

Rep. Liz Cheney ditches House Republican retreat

McCaul: GOP on House panel keeping eye on Hunter Biden dealings

Democrat’s wife spouts off on Twitter about husband’s past affair

RNC launches voter registration drives at gas stations

McCarthy pledges to boot Schiff off intel committee in a GOP majority

House lawmakers consider whether to roll back proxy voting

Zelenskyy’s powerful plea for help moves Congress, puts Biden on the spot to step up aid

Lawmakers press Biden to help send MiG fighter jets after Zelenskyy’s address to Congress

Sen. Rand Paul forces vote passing Senate resolution to lift public transportation mask mandate

Legal window closing on activists seeking to boot Rep. Cawthorn off the ballot for Jan. 6 riot

Rep. Lee Zeldin has slight lead over N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul in internal poll