Kerry Picket

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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Articles by Kerry Picket

Harris compares Republicans to 1960s Alabama state troopers on ‘Bloody Sunday’

Vice President Kamala Harris used her visit to Selma, Alabama, as an opportunity to compare state Republicans who passed new election laws to 1960s state troopers who attacked Black civil rights protesters as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Published March 6, 2022

Biden administration, lawmakers say no go to no-fly zone in Ukraine

The Biden administration and U.S. lawmakers rejected establishing a "no-fly" zone above Ukraine, fearing it will only mean war between the United States and Russia. Published March 6, 2022

Blinken: U.S. in talks with allies about banning Russian oil imports

The U.S. is in talks with European allies about banning the import of Russian oil, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday. Published March 6, 2022

Blinken says U.S. sanctions against Russia have nothing to do with negotiations on Iran deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that U.S. sanctions against Russia are not intertwined with the Biden administration's attempt to resuscitate the Iran nuclear deal. Published March 6, 2022

Maryland sheriff to provide police escort for trucker convoy

A convoy of semi-trucks, recreational vehicles and passenger cars making its way Sunday morning toward the Capital Beltway will have a police escort through Frederick County, Maryland. Published March 6, 2022

Senate passes resolution to end federal COVID state of emergency

Senate lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday to end the federal COVID state of emergency, voting strictly along party lines 48-47 with Republicans voting in favor of the measure and Democrats against. Published March 3, 2022

GOP presses Pelosi to reopen House to the public, end COVID-19 rules that keep out citizens

House Republicans have introduced a resolution to reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public, including reopening the House gallery where visitors can observe lawmaking in action. Published March 3, 2022

Democratic lawmaker dismisses GOP claim that closing Keystone makes U.S. more dependent on Russia

Rep. Jim McGovern denounced as "bulls---" the GOP's claim that President Biden has made the United States more reliant on Russian energy by shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline. Published March 1, 2022

COVID positive tests keep lawmakers from attending State of the Union

A handful of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will not be at the State of the Union on Tuesday night because they tested COVID positive on Monday. Published March 1, 2022

Republicans say Biden putting state of the union in a crisis

House Republicans called the state of the union "in crisis" on Tuesday, hours before President Biden was scheduled to deliver the high-profile annual address to both chambers of Congress and the nation. Published March 1, 2022

Ted Deutch joins stampede of retiring House Democrats

Rep. Ted Deutch on Monday became the latest House Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection this year, bringing the number of retirements in the caucus to 31 as the party tries to hold on to the majority in the November elections. Published February 28, 2022

Trump wins CPAC straw poll, tops DeSantis by nearly 30 points

Cheering political activists on Sunday crowned former president Donald Trump the winner of the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Published February 27, 2022

Trump slams Supreme Court for being too afraid of Democrats

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the Supreme Court, accusing the justices of being too "politically correct" and scared of lawmakers who threaten to pack the court or impeach them. Published February 26, 2022

Trump hints at a third run for the White House in 2024

Former President Donald Trump teased another run for the White House Saturday night at the country's most prominent gathering of conservative activists. Published February 26, 2022

Conservatives seek local election wins to stack team bench

Conservative activists are setting their sights on elections for school boards, town halls and county councils. Published February 26, 2022

Conservatives rally to break the left’s grip on public schools

Education has sprung to the top of the agenda at the nation's most influential gathering of conservatives. Published February 26, 2022

Ukraine crisis cements conservatives’ shift away from U.S. military interventions

Two decades of war after the 9/11 attacks, coupled with President Trump's four years of "America First" policies have solidified the GOP's shift away from supporting military entanglements overseas, even among the most conservative Republicans. Published February 24, 2022