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Katie Zacharia has been fired from her role as White House press secretary after less than five days on the job.
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 professiona...
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
Zacharia was on shaky ground from her first White House press conference and over questions about her claims of being a lawyer despite not passing a bar exam.
The president is rallying to support Republican nominees shortly after the White House confirmed Katie Zacharia is ‘transitioning out’ of her role as press secretary Full story: Katie Zacha...
Donald Trump's new press secretary has been fired from her role after a tumultuous week at the White House.
Donald Trump's new press secretary has been fired from her role after a tumultuous week at the White House.
Katie Zacharia's five-day tenure exposes the danger of a White House where loyalty appears to matter more than competence.
Katie Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role as press secretary, according to a White House official not authorized to speak on the record, marking a stunning turn of events for the sp...
A White House that has enjoyed relative stability over the past two years has returned to a state of disarray that characterized much of Trump's early political career.
Zacharia had come under scrutiny when she appeared uncomfortable during her inaugural briefing and also faced criticism for describing herself as a lawyer.
That was fast! With less than a week under her belt as White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia has joined a staggering roster of the dead. Like the piano player in the Grateful Dead, th...
Her firing comes after scrutiny over how she presented her legal career and whether she was fit for the role
White House reporters are already dishing the dirt on Katie Zacharia's departure, just hours after the now-former press secretary was ousted. The post Trump’s Private Scathing Criticism of...
The departure comes after the president asked her to ‘reconsider,’ and on the heels of controversy over the fact that she presented herself as a lawyer even though she never passed the bar...
Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
Exit comes amid deepening turmoil for White House as midterm elections loom
President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is on the way out, only a week after he named her to the job.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the job after a rocky first week on the job.
An administration official told Semafor that Zacharia will be “transitioning out” of her role.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after a brief and rough tenure as President Donald Trump’s chief spokeswoman
It Looks Like President Trump Is Kicking Katie Zacharia to the Curb.
A surprisingly tough interview on Fox News has prompted one media reporter to wonder whether President Donald Trump had a hand in the downfall of his embattled White House press secretary....
After just five days in her new position, Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is already out of a job.
Al Jazeera has confirmed that White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role.
Peter Doocy spoke to President Trump about now-former White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and her replacement. Here’s what he reported:
Trump told Fox News that he's in no rush to replace Zacharia, who spent less than a week as press secretary. The post Katie Zacharia Out as White House Press Secretary first appeared on Le·...
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of the position just five days into her tenure after President Donald Trump said he advised her to reconsider the role. Tru...
Sean Spicer, who served as President Trump's first White House press secretary, joins CBS News to share his thoughts on Katie Zacharia's five days in the role before she was ousted.
Zacharia has long described herself as a lawyer while working as a commentator for conservative outlets such as Fox News and Newsmax.
Katie Zacharia Is Out as White House Press Secretary A week after she was named to the position, multiple reports said Friday afternoon that conservative commentator Katie Zacharia was out...
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was ousted Friday after just five days on the job, according to two senior Trump administration officials. Why it matters: Zacharia will be the sh...
Donald Trump has sacked White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia after less than a week in the role, following a disastrous briefing in which she faced mounting scrutiny over her qualific...
"I didn't realize that that was going to be the outcome coming out of the Oval Office," Spicer said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his embattled new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, may be on her way out — a mere week after he picked her for the post.
Katie Zacharia’s tenure as White House press secretary only lasted five days before President Trump fired her Friday, breaking the record for shortest duration in the role. Anthony Scaramuc...
Katie Zacharia's gaffe-filled stint came as US President Donald Trump flies around the country trying to boost Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections.
A White House official said Friday that Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was leaving her role after just a few days on the job, following a lackluster press briefing performance and scrutiny...
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role, multiple sources and a senior White House official told ABC News on Friday.
Donald Trump’s White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after five days, following criticism of her first briefing.
Katie Zacharia was the new White House press secretary, taking over for Karoline Leavitt. She is now "transitioning out" after five days.
Questions regarding Zacharia came immediately after her first press briefing, with many regarding how she presented her legal career and
Minutes before making it official, Trump said he told Zacharia to 'reconsider' her role after disastrous first week, adding: 'Maybe it's not for her'
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was “let go” from the role, an official said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said he had told her to reconsider the job following publi...
Trump told reporters that he had asked Zacharia to "reconsider" the job. He said that he told Zacharia that she did not have to do this job and that if he were her, he would reconsider the...
Katie Zacharia made it nearly a week before President Donald Trump moved to transition her out of her role as White House press secretary. Zacharia publicly lasted just four days on the job...
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was “let go” from the role, a White House official said on Friday, after President Donald Trump said he had told her to reconsider the job followi...
Katie Zacharia will no longer serve as President Donald Trump’s press secretary after spending less than a week on the job. Skylar Woodhouse reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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