What changed in this update
Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator, has been offered the role of White House press secretary, a White House official told CBS News on Friday.
Event intelligence
Katie Zacharia appointed as White House press secretary
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Current state
Katie Zacharia is serving as White House press secretary and has held her first White House briefing, succeeding Karoline Leavitt.
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CBS
Trump picks Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary
Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator, has been offered the role of White House press secretary, a White House official told CBS News on Friday.
Sky News – Front Page Sky
Trump appoints commentator and 'devoted fan' as White House press secretary
DW
Trump names new press secretary to succeed Karoline Leavitt
Trump has appointed Katie Zacharia to take over the White House press secretary role vacated by Karoline Leavitt. She assumes the role with Trump struggling with low approval ratings driven by the US war with Iran.
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BBC News – World BBC
Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary
The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.
Al Jazeera
Katie Zacharia ‘offered” position as White House press secretary
The role has been vacant since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt left in August.
TIME
White House Taps Katie Zacharia to Replace Karoline Leavitt as Press Secretary
Zacharia would succeed Karoline Leavitt in the position. It is not yet clear whether she has accepted the offer.
ABC News
Katie Zacharia offered White House press secretary job
Katie Zacharia has been offered the job of White House Press Secretary, a White House official confirmed.
NYTimes – US NYT
Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump’s New White House Press Secretary
Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.
Guardian
Trump picks conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to be next press secretary
Zacharia will replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after giving birth to her second child Donald Trump has chosen the conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to be the next White House press secretary, according to a White House official. Zacharia would replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after the birth to her second child. Continue reading...
Politico
White House offers Katie Zacharia White House press secretary job
The move would elevate the conservative commentator who briefly worked at DHS to one of the administration’s most visible roles.
