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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.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 27, 2021. Raskin is working on a memoir in which he will reflect on the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol and the death of his 25-year-old son. The book is called “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy,” which Harper will publish Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik, Pool)

COVID positive tests keep lawmakers from attending State of the Union

A handful of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will not be at the State of the Union on Tuesday night because they tested COVID positive on Monday.

March 1, 2022

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., joined by House Republicans, speaks during a GOP news conference ahead of the State of the Union, Tuesday, March. 1, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Republicans say Biden putting state of the union in a crisis

House Republicans called the state of the union "in crisis" on Tuesday, hours before President Biden was scheduled to deliver the high-profile annual address to both chambers of Congress and the nation.

March 1, 2022

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, on Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Deutch says he will not seek reelection in the fall. He is the 31st House Democrat to announce plans to leave the chamber as this year's midterm elections draw closer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Ted Deutch joins stampede of retiring House Democrats

Rep. Ted Deutch on Monday became the latest House Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection this year, bringing the number of retirements in the caucus to 31 as the party tries to hold on to the majority in the November elections.

February 28, 2022

Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump wins CPAC straw poll, tops DeSantis by nearly 30 points

Cheering political activists on Sunday crowned former president Donald Trump the winner of the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

February 27, 2022

Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. The Supreme Court waded into a political clash Wednesday, Feb. 23, between the Biden administration and Republican-led states seeking to defend a signature Trump-era immigration rule that the new administration has abandoned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump slams Supreme Court for being too afraid of Democrats

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the Supreme Court, accusing the justices of being too "politically correct" and scared of lawmakers who threaten to pack the court or impeach them.

February 26, 2022

Former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during a rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Trump hints at a third run for the White House in 2024

Former President Donald Trump teased another run for the White House Saturday night at the country's most prominent gathering of conservative activists.

February 26, 2022

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, leaves after speaking at a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Conservatives seek local election wins to stack team bench

Conservative activists are setting their sights on elections for school boards, town halls and county councils.

February 26, 2022

In this file photo, two women display signs as they cross the street during a protest outside a Broward County School Board meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to discuss a possible mask mandate when school starts next week. From mask mandates to Critical Race Theory to LGBT reading materials, issues surrounding public education have sprung to the top of the agenda at the February 2022 gathering of CPAC, the nation’s most influential gathering of conservatives. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Conservatives rally to break the left’s grip on public schools

Education has sprung to the top of the agenda at the nation's most influential gathering of conservatives.

February 26, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Ukraine crisis cements conservatives’ shift away from U.S. military interventions

Two decades of war after the 9/11 attacks, coupled with President Trump's four years of "America First" policies have solidified the GOP's shift away from supporting military entanglements overseas, even among the most conservative Republicans.

February 24, 2022

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

2024 hopefuls jockey for a head start at CPAC

A who's who of the Republican Party will descend on Florida this week to audition for leader of the conservative movement heading into the 2024 presidential election.

February 23, 2022

Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Republican Wednesday justified his decision to switch his House speaker vote from Kevin McCarthy by saying the GOP leader's chances have diminished. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

GOP lawmakers denounce Trudeau over treatment of Canadian truckers

A group of House Republicans condemned Canada's vaccine mandates and treatment protesting truckers in a letter they sent Wednesday to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden.

February 23, 2022

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heads to a GOP strategy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP increases lead over Dems in latest generic congressional ballot survey

Republicans have expanded their midterm elections advantage over Democrats by 4 percentage points, and now enjoy a 13-point lead in the latest generic congressional ballot.

February 22, 2022

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp advises concerned voters to check out the conservative ratings of Congress as determined by their actual voting records. (American Conservative Union) ** FILE **

ACU chairman defends CPAC’s Tulsi Gabbard booking over Putin coziness claim

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp hit back at a former Republican lawmaker who accused Mr. Schlapp of being cozy with Russian President Vladimir Putin over this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference line-up.

February 21, 2022

In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to speak at CPAC

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, is expected to deliver remarks this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference, American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp announced Monday.

February 21, 2022

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, exchange places at the podium during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Election panel rejects Dem attempt to remove GOP lawmaker from ballot over Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’

Rep. Jim Banks survived an attempt by a Democratic candidate to disqualify him from the ballot over the events of Jan. 6.

February 18, 2022

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

House Dems’ internal poll shows woke backlash against their agenda in competitive districts

House Democrats got a wake call from new internal polling that showed their far-left agenda is turning off voters in battleground states.

February 18, 2022

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Jan. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCarthy is endorsing challenger Harriet Hageman over Rep, Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in Wyoming, a rare departure for a party leader attempting to boost a Trump-aligned candidate over one of the former president's chief critics. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Kevin McCarthy endorses Liz Cheney’s primary opponent

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made an unusual endorsement for a party leader Thursday, backing Republican attorney Harriet Hageman, the primary opponent of incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.

February 17, 2022

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., is seen here in this file photo in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Mr. Maloney serves as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

DCCC chair talks about enjoying the drug ecstasy in college

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has decided to talk about his psychedelic drug use while a student at the University of Virginia.

February 17, 2022

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020. The nation's fiercest fiscal conservatives are largely embracing the massive economic rescue package moving through Congress. In many cases, those conservatives who support the $2 trillion coronavirus spending bill are the very same who raged against the $800 billion economic stimulus package backed by the Obama administration after the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans to move forward with lawsuit against House mask mandate even if rule is lifted

Rep. Thomas Massie announced that even if Democrats convince Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lift the House mask mandate, he and two other Republicans will not drop their federal lawsuit against the rule.

February 11, 2022

Ranking member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing for Randi Charno Levine to be Ambassador to the Portugal, N. Nickolas Perry to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Laura Farnsworth Dogu to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, and Deborah E. Lipstadt to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Republicans move to cut off federal funds for crack pipes

Senate Republicans on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit any federal spending that directly or indirectly purchases, supplies or distributes crack pipes or similar drug paraphernalia to addicts.

February 10, 2022