Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Mad woman spits on failed Trump nominee Ed Martin during TV interview
A furious woman walking her dog passed a live TV interview spat on Ed Martin, the lawyer whose nomination for U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia was yanked by President Trump. Published May 9, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel clashes with Senate Democrat over accusations of weaponizing bureau
A Democratic lawmaker clashed with FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday, saying the bureau has been weaponized against President Trump's "perceived enemies" under his leadership. Published May 8, 2025
New Trump civil-service reform rule nearer to going into effect
A new rule from the Trump administration classifying some career civil servants as "at-will" federal employees who will be easier to fire for underperforming or subversiveness is about to take another step closer to taking effect. Published May 7, 2025
House report slams FBI for ignoring political motives in 2017 congressional baseball shooting
The FBI used a "biased and butchered analysis" to conclude that a left-wing gunman who shot Republican Rep. Steve Scalise and three others at a GOP baseball practice in 2017 wasn't motivated by political hatred, according to a House GOP report released Tuesday. Published May 6, 2025
An overwhelming majority of Americans don’t want Trump tax cuts to expire
A majority of Americans don't support raising taxes, according to a new poll, which also bodes well for support of President Trump's plans to cut taxes and federal spending. Published May 5, 2025
Trump says Mexico’s president rejected help from U.S. military because she’s ‘scared’ of cartels
President Trump said he thinks Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is too afraid of cartels to allow U.S. troops to cross the border to help combat the groups that smuggle drugs and migrants. Published May 5, 2025
Homeland Security whistleblowers ‘betrayed’ by Biden administration win back jobs, pay
The Trump administration gave back pay and promotions to three Customs and Border Protection officials who suffered demotions and other retaliation after blowing the whistle on the agency's failure to collect DNA samples from illegal immigrants. Published May 5, 2025
Trump budget proposes to eliminate embattled Job Corps program
President Trump's new budget proposes eliminating Job Corps, the six-decade-old, taxpayer-funded vocational education initiative. Published May 2, 2025
Trump budget includes cuts to FBI, DOJ
President Trump's new budget proposal includes $545 million in cuts to the FBI and other Justice Department agencies. Published May 2, 2025
Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump has ordered an end to taxpayer subsidization of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Published May 2, 2025
Trump suggests secrets to success to Alabama students during commencement speech
President Trump offered almost a dozen pieces of life advice during his Thursday evening commencement speech to graduating students at the University of Alabam Published May 1, 2025
Trump says nations that purchase oil from Iran will be banned from doing business with U.S.
President Trump warned of new secondary oil sanctions against Iran Thursday and described harrowing accounts from freed hostages who were held captive by Hamas terrorists in their attacks on Israel. Published May 1, 2025
Grassley calls on FBI to release Biden-era emails over jailed first-term Trump personnel
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley on Thursday asked the FBI for internal communications regarding the prosecution of President Trump and his first-term White House staff. Published May 1, 2025
Stephen Miller says the Washington press corps is acting as ‘shills for MS-13 terrorists’
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller lashed out at journalists Thursday for the way they've covered illegal immigration, saying they had to be shamed into reporting on rapes and slayings of Americans. Published May 1, 2025
HHS quits paying for kids’ ‘gender-affirming care’ that was promoted under Biden administration
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said his department has "ended funding for gender mutilation surgeries and other kind of gender dysphoria practices." Published April 30, 2025
Transportation secretary calls on Congress to fund new air traffic control system
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday said his department is developing a state-of-the-art air traffic control system to replace the current program, which hasn't been updated since the 1980s. Published April 30, 2025
WATCH: Trump voters celebrate 100-day mark at Michigan rally
In the first rally of his improbable second term, President Trump sounded like he was running for a third, touting major accomplishments, making huge promises and jabbing at Democrats who are angling to block him. Published April 29, 2025
Trump opponents see kids as Achilles’ heel of immigration crackdown
The same people who years ago accused President Trump of "family separations" for deporting parents without their children in tow are now lambasting him for sending the children with their parents. Published April 28, 2025
Border czar Tom Homan says citizenship of kids doesn’t make parents ‘immune’ from U.S. law
White House border czar Tom Homan said having a citizen child doesn't make someone "immune" from U.S. immigration laws. Published April 28, 2025
Tom Homan: Biden put up illegal migrants in pricey hotels to help them evade deportations
White House border czar Tom Homan accused the Biden administration of putting up illegal migrants in expensive hotel rooms instead of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, helping migrants avoid deportation. Published April 28, 2025
