Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Trump removes IRS commissioner Billy Long, appoints him Iceland ambassador
President Trump on Friday removed former Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner just two months after his Senate confirmation, and then appointed him as ambassador to Iceland, a White House official confirmed. Published August 8, 2025
Justice Dept. launches probe of New York AG Letitia James for violations of Trump’s civil rights
The Justice Department has served New York Attorney General Letitia James with a pair of subpoenas as part of a grand jury investigation into her $454 million civil fraud case against President Trump. Published August 8, 2025
FBI fires three senior officials tied to Jan. 6
The FBI has ousted at least three senior officials tied to cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Published August 8, 2025
Trump honors Purple Heart heroes at the White House
President Trump paid tribute Thursday to military veterans injured in action by hosting nearly 100 Purple Heart recipients at the White House. Published August 7, 2025
Trump turns tables on banks that cancel customers for political reasons
Using excuses such as "reputational risk" can no longer be a reason for banks to reject a customer or expel a current client, under an executive order President Trump inked on Thursday. Published August 7, 2025
Trump calls on Intel CEO to ‘resign immediately’ following purported ties to Chinese Communist Party
President Trump said the CEO of chipmaker Intel should quit "immediately" in the wake of information that the new chief has ties to China's Communist Party. Published August 7, 2025
Trump orders work on new census that will not include those in U.S. illegally
President Trump announced Thursday that he has ordered the Department of Commerce to create a census that will exclude anyone illegally in the U.S. Published August 7, 2025
Trump takes jabs at Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel and Stern over future of talk shows
President Trump took a swing Wednesday at hostile late-night television and talk radio hosts whose programs are on the line or are about to be cancelled. Published August 6, 2025
Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook announce new $100 billion commitment to manufacture in U.S.
President Trump announced Wednesday an agreement by Apple to make its largest U.S. investment ever, spending an additional $100 billion over the next four years. Published August 6, 2025
Sen. Tom Cotton calls on IRS to probe CAIR’s nonprofit status
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton requested that IRS Commissioner Billy Long launch an investigation into the nonprofit status of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' alleged ties to terrorist organizations. Published August 6, 2025
DOJ launches grand jury probe of Russiagate hoax
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered federal prosecutors to take action on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referral of Obama-era officials involved in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. Published August 4, 2025
Whistleblower accuses intelligence officials of pressing analysts to support Trump-Russia hoax
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has revealed how an intelligence officer and other analysts were pressured to say that Donald Trump benefited from Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Published August 4, 2025
Trump says Republican Sydney Sweeney has ‘hottest’ ad out there
President Trump says a blue jeans ad featuring registered Republican Sydney Sweeney is hot, but Taylor Swift is not. Published August 4, 2025
Rep. Nancy Mace announces gubernatorial campaign in South Carolina
Rep. Nancy Mace launched her bid for South Carolina governor, jumping into the GOP primary Monday. Published August 4, 2025
George Papadopoulos wants the FBI’s spy video of him in the Trump-Russia collusion files
George Papadopoulos, the 2016 Trump campaign staffer targeted in the FBI's Russia collusion probe, wants to see the government's spy video of him. Published August 1, 2025
FBI knew of Hillary Clinton-George Soros plan to spread Trump-Russia hoax, new docs reveal
Newly declassified Justice Department documents implicated left-wing donor George Soros in the FBI plot to spread Trump-Russia collusion allegations ahead of the 2016 election. Published July 31, 2025
Mamdani runs away from past anti-cop rhetoric in wake of deadly NYC shooting
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday he is not an anti-cop politician who wants to defund the police, and that his past rhetoric denouncing law enforcement on social media is not where he stands today. Published July 30, 2025
Republican Curtis Sliwa banks on split liberal vote, business support to capture NYC mayor’s office
The candidates splintering the liberal vote in New York are possibly giving GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa an unexpected shot at becoming the city's next mayor. Published July 30, 2025
Trump prods Grassley to break Senate ‘blue slip’ tradition
President Trump railed Wednesday against a Senate tradition granting senators a sort of veto over judicial and U.S. attorney picks within their home states, saying it's preventing him from installing conservative judges and hard-charging prosecutors in some Democrat-dominated places. Published July 30, 2025
Ex-CIA analysts say former Obama officials’ actions serve another blow to U.S. intel agencies
The intelligence community is taking another blow to its credibility, former CIA analysts say, after newly released declassified material alleges that top Obama administration officials deliberately misled the public into believing President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. Published July 26, 2025
