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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket

kpicket@washingtontimes.com

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

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs $70 billion immigration enforcement package

President Trump signed a Republican-backed $70 billion immigration enforcement package Wednesday to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the duration of his presidency.

June 10, 2026
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, listens during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on oversight of fraud and misuse of Federal funds in Minnesota, Wed., March 4, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Seated left is Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.) **FILE**

Minnesota officials ignored years of fraud warnings, House report says

A House Republican investigation concluded Monday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored years of warnings about as much as $9.3 billion in social services fraud, retaliated against whistleblowers and repeatedly misled the public about what they knew and when.

June 8, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attends a news conference, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Schumer stands by embattled Senate candidate Platner

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer refused Tuesday to address mounting controversies surrounding presumptive Senate candidate Graham Platner, deflecting every question about the embattled Maine hopeful with a single talking point while insisting Democrats will defeat Sen. Susan Collins.

June 2, 2026