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Katie Zacharia Out as Trump's Press Secretary After 5 Days

Trump on Friday said to reporters that he had told Zacharia to "reconsider" her role

Sources (2)· Oct 16, 6:09 PM to Oct 16, 10:38 PM

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Time· Oct 16, 6:09 PMKatie Zacharia Out as Trump's Press Secretary After 5 Days
The Hill· Oct 16, 10:38 PM5 days of Katie Zacharia: The rapid fall of Trump's 'lawyer' press secretary

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Katie Zacharia will be the next White House press secretaryConservative commentator Katie Zacharia is expected to be named the next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt.

NBC News15h agoSources (13)Whole story →

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Katie Zacharia Is Out After Half a Scaramucci“Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider. Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.” Within minutes of President Trump telling reporters that he had effectively encouraged Katie Zacharia, his new press secretary, to step down amid widespread ridicule over her job performance after only five days on the job, The New […]

Mother Jones15h agoWhole story →

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Trump Taps Katie Zacharia To Serve As Next White House Press SecretaryShe’s been offered the job

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Trump Fires His Fake Lawyer Press Secretary After Just Five DaysKatie Zacharia has been fired as White House press secretary after less than one week on the job, The New York Times reported Friday, citing three anonymous sources. She hosted one 14-minute press briefing, took 3 questions, and will go down in history as the press secretary with the shortest tenure to date. Fox News also reported that Zacharia would be…

The New Republic15h agoWhole story →

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Katie Zacharia confirmed 'fired' after less than a week as Trump's press secretary: reportJust days into her new role, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role after her rocky debut on Monday, according to Fox News’ Aishah Hasnie . NYT said she was "fired," as did CNN. An unnamed White House official told Fox News’ Peter Doocy that Zacharia, just four days after holding her first and only White House press…

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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,...

The Hill11h agoWhole story →

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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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News Wrap: Zacharia out as White House press secretary after less than a week on the jobIn our news wrap Friday, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role after less than a week on the job, three large brush fires in Southern California are forcing people to flee their homes and dozens of Israeli settlers set cars and trees ablaze across the West Bank and attacked Palestinians as they gathered for their…

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WSJ exposes the incredibly awkward moment Trump's press secretary found out she was firedKatie Zacharia was in the middle of an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday when a knock at her West Wing door effectively ended her five days as White House press secretary, the paper reported . She was behind her new desk, in an office with few personal touches, when senior adviser Jason Miller stuck his head in. “JD wanted to chat with us…

Raw Story8h agoWhole story →

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Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia is out five days into job - Fri, 16 Oct 2026 PSTKatie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary just five days into the job after a rocky first briefing, the revelation she misrepresented herself as a lawyer and President Donald Trump casting doubt on her ability to serve in the role.

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