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The Rise and Fall of Katie Zacharia

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Ever since 2017, Washington has used a new unit of time: a Scaramucci. It refers to the 11-day period that Anthony Scaramucci served as a communications director in the first Trump administration. This week, the president's newest press secretary, Katie Zacharia, lasted just half a Scaramucci. From one short-lived administration official to another, he…

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