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Katie Zacharia is scheduled to hold her first White House press briefing as the new press secretary. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt and plans to stay in the role until the end of the president's term. Zacharia is a conservative commentator and former communications adviser for Trump Media.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that Katie Zacharia is holding her first White House press briefing as the new press secretary after succeeding Karoline Leavitt.
The Center outlet NPR emphasizes Zacharia's background as a devoted fan of Trump and MAGA, noting she amplified right-wing conspiracy theories. Right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner highlight her intention to stay in the role until the end of Trump's term, while other reports across the Center and Right note her previous work as a conservative commentator and adviser for Trump Media.
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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia will face reporters Tuesday morning for the first time since taking over as the Trump administration’s top spokesperson, just three weeks before the midterm elections. Zacharia, a conservative commentator and former communications adviser for Trump Media, succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who departed the role earlier…
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Katie Zacharia is scheduled to hold her first briefing Tuesday.
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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia will face reporters Tuesday morning for the first time since taking over as the Trump administration’s top spokesperson, just three weeks before the midterm elections. Zacharia, a conservative commentator and former communications adviser for Trump Media, succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who departed the role earlier…
Katie Zacharia worked for one of Trump's companies and raised her profile appearing on conservative-leaning talk shows. She also amplified right-wing conspiracy theories. Now she'll be the president's chief spokesperson.
Zacharia is a conservative commentator and had been a communications adviser to the media company that President Donald Trump owns and operates his social media site.
Zacharia, a conservative commentator and former communications adviser for Trump Media, succeeds Karoline Leavitt.
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Katie Zacharia will appear in the White House briefing room on Tuesday morning for the first time as President Donald Trump’s press secretary. She plans to stick around. She told Secrets that she intends to stay in the role until the end of the president’s term, which is more than two years away and would…
Katie Zacharia makes her White House press briefing room debut Tuesday, ending a weeks-long stretch without a permanent press secretary at the podium.
Zacharia, who is not accompanying the president to the Ohio rally, is slated to deliver her first White House press briefing on Tuesday.
Katie Zacharia is set to take the podium as the new White House Press Secretary more than a month after Karoline Leavitt’s last press conference.
Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia delivers her first press briefing from the Brady Room today at approximately 9:450am. Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in Big Government, Election 2026, media bias, President Trump, Press Secretary - Trump, Uncategorized
Former DHS spokeswoman covers top stories as replacement for Karoline Leavitt
Trump Press Secretary Katie Zacharia briefs members of the media at the White House on Tuesday, October 13.
