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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

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

House Democrat introduces articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem

Rep. Robin Kelly introduced three articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a move backed by nearly 70 members of Congress.

January 14, 2026

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, March 9, 2023, in Washington. The House will vote on a Republican-led resolution reaffirming support for Israel, which appears to serve as an implicit rebuke of a leading Democrat who called the country a “racist state” but later apologized. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Republican Study Committee’s new reconciliation package centers on affordability

Lawmakers within the conservative House Republican Study Committee released a framework proposal for a second reconciliation bill this year.

January 13, 2026

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

AOC says she would take a phone call from Trump

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would be open to speaking with President Trump about issues in her district if he ever called her.

January 13, 2026

Flags wave on the roof of the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Second Amendment activists sound alarm over gun control bills in Virginia Legislature

Second Amendment activists in Virginia are rallying opposition to a raft of gun control bills that Democratic lawmakers pre-filed for the 2026 legislative session in Richmond.

January 12, 2026

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sits atop a horse with Border Patrol agents near the Rio Grande river on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Gabriel V. Cardenas)

Border turnaround takes center stage in GOP midterm strategy

National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said Friday that the resources provided to border officials through the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act have uncuffed border patrol agents to do their jobs.

January 9, 2026

Attorney George Conway outside the New York City courthouse, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

George Conway joins New York race for Congress

Anti-Trump pundit and attorney George Conway launched his congressional campaign Tuesday for a Manhattan House seat by depicting himself as a defender against President Trump.

January 6, 2026

This photo supplied by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota shows cash from a bag that was left at the home of a juror in a massive fraud case, June 2, 2024, outside Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota via AP, File)

Criminals exploiting aid agencies in every state, fraud experts warn

The massive fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid program has been replicated across the country, with criminals taking advantage of the lax policing of aid payments for years, according to fraud experts.

January 6, 2026

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters following the weekly policy luncheons at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Left-wing ‘Stop War with Venezuela’ campaign gets supercharged by U.S. arrest of Maduro

Demand Progress has amplified its campaign to persuade Americans to demand Congress support a war powers resolution "to stop the war with Venezuela" now that the U.S. has captured President Nicolas Maduro and put him on trial in New York.

January 5, 2026

President Donald Trump attends a bill signing ceremony with members of the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey team, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Trump keeps supporters laughing, confounds critics with his style of humor

Thousands gathered in Pennsylvania in mid-December to hear President Trump talk about the economy. The very partisan pro-Trump crowd applauded, cheered and shouted support at the president.

December 31, 2025

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seal is shown outside its headquarters, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House report details Biden administration’s debanking crusade against crypto industry

A report by House Republicans has revealed the extent of the Biden administration's efforts to debank digital asset businesses and people who use cryptocurrency.

December 30, 2025

The Supreme Court facade is seen in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Taxpayer group tells Supreme Court that excessive fines to settle debt are unconstitutional

The National Taxpayers Union Foundation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court defending citizens' rights not to suffer excessive tax fines.

December 29, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as press secretary Karoline Leavitt, left, listens, aboard Air Force One as he travels from Tokyo, Japan, to South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps

Immediately upon his return to the White House for a second term, President Trump and his team adopted an aggressive press strategy to avoid constantly playing defense, as they had during his first term.

December 26, 2025

Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, speaks about American oil policy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) ** FILE **

Trade groups get behind House-passed legislation to streamline the federal permitting system

Trade groups representing manufacturing, energy and builders are prodding the Senate to support a House-passed bipartisan bill that would loosen the red tape tying up construction projects.

December 22, 2025

Former President Bill Clinton is pictured seated close to a young woman on what is believed to be sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet in a photo released Friday by the Justice Department. The woman's identity has been redacted. Mr. Clinton has acknowledged his association with Epstein but denied any wrongdoing.

House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files

Sen. Lindsey Graham, who served as a House impeachment manager during President Bill Clinton's impeachment, is urging the House Oversight Committee to review the voluminous amount of unreleased Clinton impeachment documents.

December 20, 2025

Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announces he’ll leave post in January

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced Wednesday he will be departing the FBI next month, after weeks of speculation about his future in the post.

December 17, 2025

Daniel Bongino speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Trump says he thinks Dan Bongino wants to leave FBI

President Trump told reporters Wednesday that he believes FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is leaving the FBI.

December 17, 2025

In this Jan. 19, 2016, photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Justice Department sues Virgin Islands police over gun permits

The Justice Department filed a complaint against the Virgin Islands Police Department on Tuesday, accusing the territory of delays and conditions in its gun permit process that are so onerous as to violate the Second Amendment.

December 16, 2025

A medical marijuana plant grows at CRC on July 23, 2024, in Pike County, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

Trump’s marijuana downgrade meets pushback from conservatives

Conservatives are calling on President Trump to reconsider possibly signing an executive order that would downgrade marijuana from a Schedule I narcotic to a Schedule III drug.

December 15, 2025

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pass a portrait of former President George W. Bush as they walk down into the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump strikes conciliatory bipartisan tone at Congressional Ball

President Trump delivered conciliatory remarks at this year's Congressional Ball, welcoming Republicans and Democrats and called for everyone to set "all political differences" aside for the evening.

December 11, 2025

Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray takes question after a bill to redistrict the state's congressional map was defeated, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map

President Trump took a swipe Thursday evening at an Indiana state lawmaker who led a group of Republican senators to reject the redrawn congressional maps that would have produced a 9-0 Republican delegation in the state.

December 11, 2025