Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Trump masks, bullhorns and the MAGA Beast: Activists await ex-president’s arrival at D.C. courthouse
A small band of President Donald Trump's supporters demonstrated Thursday outside a federal courthouse in Washington hours before he was set to be arraigned on criminal charges. Published August 3, 2023
Virginia GOP seeks total control of state legislature with early-voting push for November elections
Virginia Republicans are gearing up their new early-voting marketing campaign and process in hopes of gaining an edge over Democrats in the upcoming Nov. 7 Assembly elections. Published August 3, 2023
‘An abuse of soft power’: Devon Archer describes Biden’s call-ins to son’s meetings in new interview
The Bidens' former business partner Devon Archer described Hunter Biden's habit of putting then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden on speaker phone when meeting with foreign business associates as "an abuse of soft power." Published August 2, 2023
Credit downgrade for U.S government threatens to put the squeeze on Washington and the average Joe
Fitch Ratings' downgrade of the federal government's credit rating is not just an embarrassing black eye for Washington; it also will hit the government -- and possibly average Americans -- in the wallet, economists say. Published August 2, 2023
Ramaswamy files lawsuit against DOJ after agency fails to respond to FOIA over Trump docs case
Vivek Ramaswamy announced Tuesday that he had filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department after it failed to respond to his Freedom of Information Act request about the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Published August 1, 2023
Lawmakers accuse USAID of pushing radical ideology abroad, offer bill to defund the agency
Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced legislation Tuesday to abolish the United States Agency for International Development, saying the agency promotes "radical leftist ideology" abroad instead of promoting American values. Published August 1, 2023
Biden played power role for son’s deals; ex-partner says phone-ins part of ‘influence peddling’
The Bidens' ex-business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers Monday that President Biden's family "was in the business of influence peddling" and that Mr. Biden's 20-plus phone calls into business meetings were central to son Hunter Biden's strategy for cutting lucrative deals. Published July 31, 2023
Democrat says no evidence Biden involved in business deals, just said ‘hello’ at meetings
Halfway through Devon Archer's closed-door testimony before a House committee probing the Biden family's foreign business deals, a Democrat emerged to say there's no evidence President Biden was involved in the deals. Published July 31, 2023
‘Sound of Freedom’ spurs calls for Senate hearings on human trafficking
Republican senators are pressing for hearings on human trafficking and citing the groundswell of alarm set off by the movie "Sound of Freedom." Published July 31, 2023
Biden business insider Devon Archer talks to House investigators as DOJ eases up on prison threat
Biden family business associate Devon Archer arrived at a congressional office building Monday to deliver a closed-door deposition to lawmakers investigating whether President Biden was involved in influence-peddling schemes. Published July 31, 2023
McConnell’s dizzy spell has politicos in Kentucky, Washington spinning plans for a successor
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's on-camera health scare set off a political guessing game in Kentucky about how the Democratic governor will name a replacement if he gets the chance. Published July 29, 2023
Democrats insist Hunter Biden won’t drag down his father’s reelection run
House Democrats say President Biden's record is strong enough to pull him through his reelection efforts regardless of Hunter Biden's legal problems and allegations of influence peddling and bribery. Published July 28, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries pleads ignorance when asked about Biden’s illegitimate granddaughter
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries would not address President Biden's refusal to acknowledge his grandchild Navy Joan Roberts, the out-of-wedlock daughter of his son Hunter Biden. Published July 27, 2023
Scalise says impeachment possible for Biden Cabinet members after McCarthy’s idea for inquiry
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said impeachment is not off the table for other Biden Cabinet members just because Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the possibility of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Published July 26, 2023
UFOs, potential alien life back in spotlight at major House hearing Wednesday
Unidentified flying objects -- and the possibility that extraterrestrial life forms are piloting them -- will be thrust back into the spotlight Wednesday morning at a rare House hearing on unexplained aerial phenomena in America's skies. Published July 26, 2023
McCarthy vows Biden impeachment inquiry wouldn’t be political
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he will consider an "impeachment inquiry" into the foreign-money corruption allegations involving President Biden and his son Hunter if the president stonewalls congressional investigators, but the speaker insisted the effort would not be political. Published July 25, 2023
Biden freezes out Senate Republicans
President Biden promised to reach across the aisle to work with GOP lawmakers, but Republican senators say that since he took office, he won't give them the time of day. Published July 24, 2023
Republicans warm up for first presidential debate by hurling insults
The Republican presidential race is becoming a taunt-fest. Published July 21, 2023
Official admits FBI told Twitter that Hunter Biden laptop was real as soon as news broke in 2020
A senior FBI official has revealed that the bureau told Twitter that Hunter Biden's laptop computer was genuine the same day a newspaper first reported details of President Biden and his son's foreign business deals based on documents from the laptop. Published July 20, 2023
Liberals demand probe of Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing X-rated Hunter Biden photos
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's display at a congressional hearing of photographs of Hunter Biden having sex with prostitutes set off a firestorm online, with critics calling for the lawmaker to be prosecuted under state revenge porn laws. Published July 20, 2023
