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Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary

Zacharia had gotten off to a bumpy start with her first and final press briefing, followed by an onslaught of headlines about whether she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer.

16 October 2026Live

Sources

The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/katie-zacharia-is-out-after-5-days-as-white-house-press-secretary/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Zacharia had gotten off to a bumpy start with her first and final press briefing, followed by an onslaught of headlines about whether she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer.

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