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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

Virginia Democrat calls ‘bull——’ on proposed rule banning stock trades for members of Congress

Two Virginia Democratic lawmakers in battleground districts are on opposite sides of a contentious issue about whether members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks.

February 10, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for confusing ‘gazpacho’ with ‘Gestapo’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was ridiculed Wednesday after saying "gazpacho police" instead of "Gestapo" while criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.

February 10, 2022

Republicans refuse to let Democrats off the hook as lawmakers reframe messaging amid surging crime

Skyrocketing crime in cities nationwide was the focus of heated election-year rhetoric in Congress on Wednesday, as Republicans blamed Democrats for efforts to defund the police, while Democratic lawmakers made a pitch for law-and-order initiatives.

February 9, 2022

Pelosi says she’s not involved in Capitol Police spying on Republican lawmakers

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said allegations of U.S. Capitol Police surveilling Republican members of Congress had nothing to do with her.

February 9, 2022

Rep. Hal Rogers apologizes to Rep. Joyce Beatty after squabble over mask-wearing

Rep. Hal Rogers apologized to Rep. Joyce Beatty on Tuesday after he told the Ohio Democrat to "kiss my a--" when she told him to wear a mask while riding the Capitol subway with her.

February 8, 2022

IG to probe claim Capitol Police took photos in lawmaker’s office

The inspector general for the U.S. Capitol Police has opened an investigation into accusations that one of its officers surreptitiously entered Rep. Troy E. Nehls' office and took photographs.

February 8, 2022

Cleanup of Washington’s partisan bureaucracy emerges as top priority for House Freedom Caucus

Rep. Scott Perry, the new chairman of the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus, is pushing Republican leaders to gut federal agencies of what he says are partisan hacks who dominate middle-management throughout Washington.

February 8, 2022

Dems criticize Supreme Court after Alabama redistricting decision, compare it to the Confederacy

House Democrats condemned the Supreme Court as condoning suppression of Black voters hours after the high court's majority ruled against a challenge to Alabama's new map for congressional districts.

February 8, 2022

Ethics committee declines probe in arrest of Jamaal Bowman

The House Ethics Committee voted Monday against taking further action on the arrest of Rep. Jamaal Bowman for an unauthorized entry during a protest last month outside the U.S. Capitol.

February 7, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP intraparty ‘civil war’ is necessary

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene makes no excuses for routinely criticizing fellow Republicans, arguing against claims that a GOP "civil war" will hurt the party. In fact, the Georgia Republican says the battle is necessary if conservatives want to take a bigger stake in the party.

February 6, 2022

Eric Adams apologizes for calling white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized Friday after a video surfaced online showing him deride white New York City Police officers as "crackers."

February 4, 2022

Eric Adams called white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

A video of New York City Mayor Eric Adams surfaced online showing him deride white New York City Police officers as "crackers."

February 4, 2022

RNC members rally behind resolution to call for Cheney, Kinzinger ouster from House GOP

A resolution to remove Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from the House GOP conference is gaining momentum at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting this week in Salt Lake City.

February 2, 2022

Rep. Steny Hoyer tests positive for COVID-19

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday night that he tested positive for COVID-19, which adds him to the growing list of lawmakers who contracted the virus in the past few months.

February 1, 2022

Dems ditch ‘defund the police’ talk, but voters still stuck in crime wave

Democrats have switched their campaign messaging from defund the police to refund the police for this year's midterm elections, but party insiders warn that voters won't easily forget the anti-law-enforcement rhetoric if they don't feel safe in their neighborhoods.

February 1, 2022

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Virginia Democrat calls ‘bull——’ on proposed rule banning stock trades for members of Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for confusing ‘gazpacho’ with ‘Gestapo’

Republicans refuse to let Democrats off the hook as lawmakers reframe messaging amid surging crime

Pelosi says she’s not involved in Capitol Police spying on Republican lawmakers

Rep. Hal Rogers apologizes to Rep. Joyce Beatty after squabble over mask-wearing

IG to probe claim Capitol Police took photos in lawmaker’s office

Cleanup of Washington’s partisan bureaucracy emerges as top priority for House Freedom Caucus

Dems criticize Supreme Court after Alabama redistricting decision, compare it to the Confederacy

Ethics committee declines probe in arrest of Jamaal Bowman

Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP intraparty ‘civil war’ is necessary

Eric Adams apologizes for calling white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

Eric Adams called white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

RNC members rally behind resolution to call for Cheney, Kinzinger ouster from House GOP

Rep. Steny Hoyer tests positive for COVID-19

Dems ditch ‘defund the police’ talk, but voters still stuck in crime wave

New poll shows Herschel Walker, Raphael Warnock in statistical dead heat

Parent protester against Loudoun County School Board springboards from viral video into House run

New York Democrats propose new congressional map

DCCC expands its list of vulnerable House Democrats

DCCC chair submits partisan gerrymander proposal for New York congressional map