Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
House investigators home in on collusion between FBI, Democrats, news media
Top Republican senators said Thursday that their Democratic counterparts sicced the FBI on them in 2020 in an attempt to shut down their probe into how the Justice Department bungled the Trump-Russia investigation. Published February 9, 2023
Rep. Jim Jordan requests documents on Big Tech censorship for probe
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asked the Department of Justice Wednesday for copies of documents from a civil case demonstrating how the federal government allegedly pressured Big Tech companies to violate Americans' First Amendment rights. Published February 8, 2023
New leadership dynamic in House shows politics doesn’t need to be personal
Nobody will ever accuse them of being pals, but Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries have embarked on their working relationship with a grudging respect that was missing when Nancy Pelosi was in charge. Published February 8, 2023
Republicans oppose Biden’s proposed plan to tax ultrawealthy Americans
House Republicans opposed President Biden's plan to raise taxes on the ultrawealthy, in line with his equity agenda to level the economic playing field. Published February 7, 2023
Former Trump officials say they were never informed of Chinese spy balloon surveillance
Mike Pompeo, who first served as director of the CIA and later as secretary of state under former President Trump, pushed back on claims from the Biden administration that China sent spy balloons over the U.S. in the Trump era. Published February 6, 2023
House ready to lift COVID-19 travel rule requiring foreigners to get vaccinated to enter U.S.
House Republicans will bring legislation to the floor this week that would terminate the requirement imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for foreign travelers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter the U.S. Published February 6, 2023
New House Judiciary panel subpoenas Garland, Wray over FBI targeting of parents
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for withholding documents relating to the administration's targeting of parents at school board meetings. Published February 3, 2023
Victoria Spartz announces retirement at end of term
Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Friday she is not seeking reelection to the House or launching a bid for Indiana's open Senate seat next cycle. Published February 3, 2023
House Republicans launch probe into former FBI official Charles McGonigal
House Judiciary Republicans Thursday launched an investigation into Charles McGonigal, the former FBI official in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office who was arrested in January over ties to a Russian billionaire. Published February 2, 2023
House Speaker McCarthy announces bipartisan group to write up lawmaker code of conduct
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that he and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries will soon appoint a bipartisan group of lawmakers to write a code of conduct for lawmakers. Published February 2, 2023
Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee
The House on Thursday removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee for her antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. Published February 2, 2023
GOP leadership pushes Biden to speed up end of COVID-19 health emergency
House Republicans will push forward on Wednesday to pass another end of COVID-19 public health emergency legislation after claiming President Biden caved to their pressure campaign to declare the pandemic over. Published February 1, 2023
GOP lawmaker introduces resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Max Miller introduced a resolution Tuesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over past remarks that he says are anti-semitic. Published January 31, 2023
Santos recuses self from House committee assignments
Rep. George Santos on Tuesday announced to the House Republican Conference he would step down from his committee assignments while federal and state authorities investigate him. Published January 31, 2023
Republicans say they have votes to oust Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans say they have the support necessary to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee despite public grumblings from a handful of GOP lawmakers about such a floor vote. Published January 31, 2023
House GOP eyeing backdoor tactic to block Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans are scrambling to find a legislative tactic to keep Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, after failing to unify their conference behind the idea. Published January 30, 2023
RNC’s Ronna McDaniel moves on after messy chair race, puts fresh focus on GOP grassroots
Ronna McDaniel easily won reelection as Republican National Committee chairwoman, but the aggressive campaign to topple her nevertheless succeeded in spilling what is usually a private quarrel into the public sphere. Published January 29, 2023
McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair
Ronna McDaniel was reelected Friday to an unprecedented fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee after members of the national party veered away from calls for a leadership shakeup following a disappointing midterm election cycle. Published January 27, 2023
Dhillon banks on secret ballot surprise to beat McDaniel in RNC chair election
The consensus among members of the Republican National Committee gathered here for their winter meeting is Ronna McDaniel is on a glide path to capturing an unprecedented fourth term as their chairwoman. Published January 26, 2023
DeSantis calls for change at RNC, boosts Harmeet Dhillon’s insurgent bid against McDaniel
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Thursday gave a boost to Harmeet Dhillon's bid for chair of the Republican National Committee, saying it is time for a change of leadership after "three substandard election cycles in a row." Published January 26, 2023
