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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving the job after Trump casts doubt

Katie Zacharia is departing as White House press secretary, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, after a short and rocky tenure that was defined by questions about her professional background and lack of polish in fielding questions from journalists.

Sources (5)· Oct 9, 6:08 PM to Oct 16, 9:26 PM

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Karoline Leavitt to join news network after White House exitLeavitt, who served as the 36th White House press secretary, was the youngest person to ever hold the position.

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Karoline Leavitt, former White House press secretary, joins Fox News as contributorThe youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history left the job this summer to spend more time with her family.

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Trump 'Picked an Incompetent Individual to Do the Job': Katie Zacharia Out After Less Than a WeekThe tumultuous tenure of White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has already come to an end just three days after her first press briefing . After his new hire shambled her way through yet another Fox News appearance the night before, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he'd suggested Zacharia "reconsider" her role as the top White House…

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Katie Zacharia’s five days as press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiringThe president reportedly chose Zacharia after seeing her on television, but her first press briefing and disastrous interviews sealed her fate And 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…

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5 days of Katie Zacharia: The rapid fall of Trump's 'lawyer' press secretaryKatie 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,...

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How to lose a job in five daysThis story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is out of a job after only five days. What happened? Zacharia was fired on Friday after less than […]

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White House Press Secretary out after 5 days on the jobKatie Zacharia had a rocky five days as White House Press Secretary with a single briefing that was widely panned followed by questions over her legal credentials. Now she is out from one of the highest profile posts of the Trump administration. NBC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake reports.

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