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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

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, gestures prior to a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Trump touts Iran pact as tougher than Obama’s JCPOA

President Trump drew a stark line Tuesday between his Iran nuclear agreement and his predecessor's, calling former President Barack Obama's 2015 deal "a road to a nuclear weapon" and insisting his own agreement leaves no such opening, warning Iran that any attempt to develop, buy or acquire a nuclear weapon will bring catastrophic retaliation.

June 16, 2026
People who return to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, check their destroyed house in Deir Qanoun village, south Lebanon, Monday, June 15, 2026.(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Trump suggests Syria should finish off Hezbollah instead

President Trump broke sharply with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, declaring Israel has been "fighting Hezbollah too long" and killing too many civilians in Lebanon -- and that Syria should finish the job instead.

June 16, 2026
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