Coverage dated October 11, 2026 to October 18, 2026
WH Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Confirms Departure After Five-Day Tenure
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State of the Union: She becomes the shortest-serving press secretary in U.S. history.
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The White House is facing questions over press secretary Zacharia’s future after her first briefing and reportedly asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign. Officials’ concerns point to uncertainty over staffing in President Trump’s administration.
Karoline Leavitt left the White House press secretary role to spend more time with her young children and has said she will work as a Fox News contributor. Her successor, Katie Zacharia, opened her first briefing with a strong expression of loyalty to President Trump, who praised her performance.
Katie Zacharia will hold her first briefing as the new White House press secretary Tuesday morning, exactly three weeks — and roughly twelve hours — before polls close in the 2026 midterm elections. Zacharia takes over at a precarious political moment for President Donald Trump, with Republicans fac…
MS NOW’s Alexander and Hillyard Freak Out Over Zacharia's First White House Briefing MS NOW/SnapStream After new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia’s first press briefing on Tuesday, a freakout ensued on MS NOW’s Money, Power, Politics with both MS NOW White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard an…
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was met with a barrage of criticism following her first briefing in her new role, leading some to question the future of her tenure shortly after she was tapped for the job.
Kate Zacharia, the new White House press secretary , has already faced blowback for her first press briefing on Tuesday. Now, she faces additional scrutiny over her apparent claim that she passed the bar exam in China .
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 13: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first briefing where she addressed issues including the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle, U.S. ambassador to Greece, on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The Trump administration's chief spokesperson has had a tough start. New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials have come under scrutiny following reports that she failed the California bar exam.
Katie Zacharia delivered her debut performance as White House press secretary just two days ago, but she’s already made enemies of her colleagues. The 41-year-old appeared before the White House press corps for the first time on Tuesday, whereupon she stumbled her way through a wordy briefing, took …
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said on Thursday that her California Bar exam results are “somewhat inconsequential” after reporting surfaced that showed she did not pass the examination. In an interview with the conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, Zacharia said she was planning to …
Katie Zacharia tells Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six-day sprint to appoint her to key role Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press, or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions ove…
President Donald Trump speaks to the reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington, as White House press secretary Katie Zacharia looks on.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said late Thursday that she did not pass the bar exam after her legal background prior to joining the Trump administration was called into question. Zacharia, who has previously claimed to be a lawyer and was described as an “attorney” by President Trump, f…
The White House press secretary addressed controversy over her legal credentials in an interview, confirming she never retook the California bar exam after failing it in 2011.
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