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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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In this image from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, receives a COVID-19 Moderna vaccine booster from New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi, during the mayor's daily news briefing, Monday, Oct, 25, 2021. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio each received COVID-19 boosters Monday as part of their efforts to promote widespread vaccinations. (Office of the New York Mayor via AP)

Mayor Bill de Blasio says new vaccine mandate is not sticking it to Mayor-elect Eric Adams

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says his sweeping vaccine mandate just days before he leaves office is not an affront to incoming Mayor-elect Eric Adams.

December 12, 2021

In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) ** FILE **

Latinos’ rejection of Latinx rattles world of the woke

Woke speech codes suffered a setback when the country's oldest Latino rights group put the kibosh on the transgender-friendly term "Latinx."

December 12, 2021

In this image taken from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a virtual press conference, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo)

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio confident successor Eric Adams will continue his law enforcement policies

Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is confident that Mayor-elect Eric Adams will continue his longstanding policies on policing.

December 12, 2021

In this Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington. Espaillat says he has the coronavirus. The New York Democrat's announcement Thursday makes him the latest House member to report testing positive since dozens huddled together for protection during the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Country’s oldest Latino-rights group drops ‘Latinx’ as backlash grows against the woke term

The nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization told its staff and board members to discontinue using the term "Latinx" in official communications.

December 10, 2021

A comprehensive study from the Pew Research Center now says that the largest ethnic voting bloc in the United States is Hispanic voters. (Associated Press)

Hispanic support for Republicans and Democrats evenly split, new poll says

Hispanic voters are moving toward the Republican Party and more evenly splitting their support between the Republican and the Democratic parties than in recent election cycles, a new poll shows.

December 9, 2021

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., center, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., right, attend a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019, on White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's violation of the Hatch Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Squad Democrats call for more punitive action on fellow members of Congress

The progressive Democrats behind a House resolution Wednesday to censure and strip Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert from her committees say they want to continue to demand such punishments of other lawmakers in the future.

December 8, 2021

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. Democratic leadership denied there was any tentativeness to punish Boebert for remarks she made about a colleague that Democrats are calling anti-Muslim. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Democratic leadership denies slow-walking punishment against Boebert

Democratic leadership denied there was any tentativeness to punish Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican for remarks she made about a colleague that Democrats are calling anti-Muslim.

December 8, 2021

In this April 13, 2018, photo, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to criticize President Donald Trump for his threatened strikes in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Latino Dem rips party for using ‘Latinx,’ says it shows poor understanding of Hispanic community

Rep. Ruben Gallego is fed up with his Democratic Party referring to Hispanics as "Latinx," saying it is a word used to appease "rich progressives."

December 7, 2021

Then-U.S. Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., poses for a portrait outside his office in Staten Island, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in New York. Rose has conceded in a competitive race in New York City’s only conservative-leaning congressional district to Republican Nicole Malliotakis. Malliotakis held a wide lead over Rose in the 11th Congressional District that includes all of Staten Island and part of Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) **FILE**

Dem Max Rose runs for rematch in House race in New York

Former Rep. Max Rose announced Monday he is running again for the House seat in New York that he lost in 2020 to Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

December 6, 2021

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at an event at the US Climate Action Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) **FILE**

AOC rebuked for doubting smash-and-grab sprees are happening: ‘Tone-deaf and offensive’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claim that the smash-and-grab crime wave is a hoax drew howls from fellow lawmakers on Capitol Hill, as retailers and police refuted the claim by detailing the huge impact of organized theft.

December 3, 2021

FILE - In this Tuesday June 23, 2020, file photo, Democratic candidate Jamaal Bowman speaks during his primary-night party in New York. Congressional leaders and a media accountability organization are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions have disparately harmed Black people and other communities of color, according to a letter sent Tuesday, June 29, 2021, to the acting FCC chair. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Democratic Socialists decide against expelling ‘Squad’ ally in Congress

The Democratic Socialists of America decided Thursday it will not expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman from its organization after debating whether he was too sympathetic towards Israel.

December 3, 2021

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., and other members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus call for the removal of President Joe Biden over the close of the war in Afghanistan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE ***

House Freedom Caucus plans expansion to state lawmakers

The House Freedom Caucus plans to broaden its reach into state legislatures to provide conservative policymakers with resources and tools to push their legislative agendas.

December 2, 2021

A security guard stands outside the Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at the department store at the luxury mall late Monday, the latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Smash-and-grab crime wave baffles congressional Democrats

Democrats are flummoxed by the wave of smash-and-grab retail theft, with some denying it's happening and others saying they are not ready to make major-league shoplifting a felony.

December 1, 2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses before speaking to reporters in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Muslim lawmakers press leadership to exact ‘appropriate’ punishment of Lauren Boebert

A group of Islamic lawmakers Tuesday night announced they are talking to the Democratic leadership about how they think GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert should be punished for comments she made about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar being a suicide bomber.

November 30, 2021

In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, a U.S. flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lawmakers fume over U.S. pandemic relief funds pilfered by crime gangs in China, Russia

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill demanded hearings into fraud in the government's coronavirus unemployment benefit program after hearing that crime syndicates in China, Russia and other adversary nations pocketed tens of billions of dollars.

November 30, 2021

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks to the media about her suspend accounts on Twitter, during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Greene escalates GOP infighting, targets Mace for criticizing Boebert

Republicans keep "trash"-talking one another over the backlash surrounding comments GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert said she made in jest to Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar about being a suicide bomber.

November 30, 2021

In this April 20, 2021, photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday, Nov. 26, for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Omar. In her apology, Boebert didn't address Omar's criticism that Boebert made up her story about the encounter at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Boebert-Omar feud explodes in failed makeup call

Reps. Ilhan Omar and Lauren Boebert had a phone conversation Monday. It did not go well.

November 29, 2021

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., speaks during the Republican state convention in Duluth, Minn. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

House Republican candidate recruitment spikes

Republicans' growing confidence about next year's midterm elections is attracting a stampede of new GOP candidates for House races.

November 26, 2021

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during former President Donald Trump's Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) ** FILE **

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Kevin McCarthy lacks support to be House speaker if GOP takes majority

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, claims that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lacks the votes to be speaker if the GOP recaptures the lower chamber next year.

November 25, 2021

A plane prepares for a flight during holiday travel at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Nov. 23, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

AG Merrick Garland orders U.S. attorneys to crack down on unruly airline passengers

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday issued a memorandum to U.S. attorneys to prioritize prosecution of federal crimes on commercial aircraft that endanger the safety of passengers, flight crews and flight attendants.

November 25, 2021