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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

Voters deliver their ballots to a polling station on Nov. 3, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Texas has become the latest state where Republicans have rolled back access to voting methods that soared in popularity during last year’s pandemic presidential election. The Texas bill, expected to be signed soon by Gov. Greg Abbott, follows similar legislation this year in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa and some other GOP-controlled states. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

New poll shows Republican state legislature candidates leading on a generic ballot

The GOP leads by 6 points on the state legislative generic ballot in key battleground states, according to a new poll commissioned by the Republican State Leadership Committee.

March 11, 2022

The Palais Coburg is a site of a meeting where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Biden faces headwinds as Iran nuclear talks near the finish line

U.S. negotiators are nearing a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and world powers that was repudiated by President Trump in 2018, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, but there were also signs President Biden will face major resistance selling the deal back home.

March 10, 2022

Posters of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in Jan. 3, 2020, are seen in front of Qiam, background left, Zolfaghar, top right, and Dezful missiles displayed in a missile capabilities exhibition by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard a day prior to second anniversary of Iran's missile strike on U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation for killing Gen. Soleimani, at Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Iran put three ballistic missiles on display on Friday, as talks in Vienna aimed at reviving Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers flounder. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Bipartisan House group warns Biden against looming Iran nuclear deal

A bipartisan group of 21 House lawmakers Thursday warned in a letter to President Biden Thursday they will likely oppose the impending Iran nuclear deal over concerns about reported measures that would be included in the agreement.

March 10, 2022

Gas prices are seen in front of a billboard advertising HBO's Last Week Tonight in Los Angeles, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) **FILE**

NRCC hits vulnerable Dems over rising gas prices in new ad

House Republicans' campaign arm on Thursday released a new digital ad targeting 10 vulnerable Democrats on record-high gasoline prices around the country.

March 10, 2022

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

RNC files lawsuit against Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Wednesday night against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Jan. 6 committee's members over the panel's subpoena of information from the RNC database.

March 9, 2022

House Republicans have introduced a bill that would require the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to eliminate any firearms transactions maintained in their records. (Associated Press photographs)

Republicans introduce bill to require ATF to delete records of gun sales

House Republicans have introduced a bill that would require the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to eliminate any firearms transactions maintained in their records.

March 9, 2022

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks, Thursday, Jan., 20, 2022, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Accompanied by dozens of House Republicans he commented on President Joe Biden's first year in office. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP lawmakers pressure Biden to take steps to help Taiwan

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned President Biden not to make the same mistake with Taiwan related to delaying the sale of military weapons as the administration previously did with Ukraine.

March 9, 2022

In this file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (right) greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) prior to his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) during the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Former AG Bill Barr says FBI’s Trump-Russia probe put Moscow where it is today

Former Attorney General William P. Barr called the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion investigation a "political dirty trick" that put Moscow in the position it is in today.

March 9, 2022

Sen, Bob Menendez, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Thursday, March 3, 2002 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst, Pool via AP)

Democrats denounce Biden for going to dictators for new oil imports

Democrats took turns taking swipes at President Biden for seeking new oil imports in countries led by dictators now that the U.S. put the kibosh on Russian oil imports.

March 8, 2022

A man carries belongings out of an apartment building hit by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

Rep. Darrell Issa says U.S. is already within early phases of World War III with Russia

Rep. Darrell Issa says that establishing a no-fly zone to block Russian fighter jets from the skies over Ukraine is vital as the U.S. is already in the initial stages of World War III.

March 8, 2022

The login/sign-up screen for a Twitter account is seen on a laptop computer Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

Offensive tweets force South Dakota Democrat out of House race after one day

A South Dakota Democrat withdrew from a congressional race just one day after he announced his candidacy, after a series of disturbing posts from his Twitter account was found.

March 7, 2022

In this Sept. 25, 2021, file photo Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during a rally in Perry, Ga. Walker raised $5.4 million for his U.S. Senate race in the last quarter of 2021, the former football star's campaign said Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

History in the making: More Black Republicans running for Congress than ever before

A record number of Black GOP candidates are running for Congress this year, Republicans say, a trend that accelerated since President Donald Trump's expansion of the conservative base in his 2016 campaign for the White House.

March 7, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Harris compares Republicans to 1960s Alabama state troopers on ‘Bloody Sunday’

Vice President Kamala Harris used her visit to Selma, Alabama, as an opportunity to compare state Republicans who passed new election laws to 1960s state troopers who attacked Black civil rights protesters as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

March 6, 2022

A view of Russian fighter jets violating the airspace, east of Gotland, Sweden, Wednesday March 2, 2022. Sweden says four Russian fighter jets violated its airspace over the Baltic Sea on Wednesday. The four aircrafts two SU-27 and two SU-24 fighters flew briefly over Swedish airspace east of the island of Gotland, according to a statement from the Swedish Armed Forces. (Swedish Air Force/TT News Agency via AP)

Biden administration, lawmakers say no go to no-fly zone in Ukraine

The Biden administration and U.S. lawmakers rejected establishing a "no-fly" zone above Ukraine, fearing it will only mean war between the United States and Russia.

March 6, 2022

A Lukoil gas station sits in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 3, 2022. Outraged by the invasion of Ukraine, the Newark City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend the service stations’ operating licenses, citing Lukoil’s base in Moscow. In doing so, however, they may have predominantly been hurting Americans. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Blinken: U.S. in talks with allies about banning Russian oil imports

The U.S. is in talks with European allies about banning the import of Russian oil, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday.

March 6, 2022

File - A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach of a 2015 accord with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency told member nations in its confidential quarterly report Thursday that Iran has an estimated stock of 33.2 kilograms (73.1 pounds) of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity, an increase of 15.5 kilograms since November. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Blinken says U.S. sanctions against Russia have nothing to do with negotiations on Iran deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that U.S. sanctions against Russia are not intertwined with the Biden administration's attempt to resuscitate the Iran nuclear deal.

March 6, 2022

Cars, trucks and people arrive at Hagerstown Speedway as the People Convoy of Truckers stages Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Hagerstown, Md. The convoy of trucks is planning to head into the Washington area.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Maryland sheriff to provide police escort for trucker convoy

A convoy of semi-trucks, recreational vehicles and passenger cars making its way Sunday morning toward the Capital Beltway will have a police escort through Frederick County, Maryland.

March 6, 2022

A sign promoting available COVID-19 vaccines stands outside a vaccination clinic in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 3, 2022. Rhode Island has the highest percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated in the nation, at slightly more than 80%, but the health department reported having 137,000 doses on hand last week. Health officials say they need them for a big push to increase the vaccination rate for booster doses. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Senate passes resolution to end federal COVID state of emergency

Senate lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday to end the federal COVID state of emergency, voting strictly along party lines 48-47 with Republicans voting in favor of the measure and Democrats against.

March 3, 2022

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

GOP presses Pelosi to reopen House to the public, end COVID-19 rules that keep out citizens

House Republicans have introduced a resolution to reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public, including reopening the House gallery where visitors can observe lawmaking in action.

March 3, 2022

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on Dec. 17, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) **FILE**

Democratic lawmaker dismisses GOP claim that closing Keystone makes U.S. more dependent on Russia

Rep. Jim McGovern denounced as "bulls---" the GOP's claim that President Biden has made the United States more reliant on Russian energy by shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline.

March 1, 2022