State of the Union: She becomes the shortest-serving press secretary in U.S. history.
The president reportedly chose Zacharia after seeing her on television, but her first press briefing and disastrous interviews sealed her fateAnd so Katie Zacharia joins the mayfly ranks of Liz Truss, Anthony Scaramucci, New Coke, CNN+ and Quibi. To say she burned twice as bright and half as long would be too kind. She went out like a firework on a soggy…
Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just five days on the job following a widely panned first press briefing and the revelation that she represented herself as a lawyer but did not pass her bar exam. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez, Yamiche Alcindor and Kristen Welker provide details and analysis.
Katie Zacharia has been dismissed as White House press secretary after a brief tenure marked by controversy surrounding her legal credentials and performance. Nancy Cordes has more.
Katie Zacharia won’t be remembered as one of the “all-time greats” in the White House press room, as one of her colleagues predicted this week, but she will go down in the annals of presidential press secretary history. Her tenure of five days in the role easily beats the previous record held by Anthony Scaramucci,…
Plus, immigration enforcement snarls home-building and Russia continues testing NATO.
Ex-White House press secretary Katie Zacharia had nothing but kind words to say about President Trump hours after she left her post following just five days in the role.
A pile of candidates is already being tossed around as possible replacements for Katie Zacharia, hours after she was ousted as White House press secretary. The White House announced Zacharia would “transition” out of the job on Friday, less than one week after she stepped into the role as Karoline Leavitt’s replacement. Zacharia’s departure from…
Katie Zacharia has been fired from her role as White House press secretary after less than five days on the job.
