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46 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
89/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
The Guardian - US Politics · Left · News report
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Washington Examiner - News · Center-right · News report
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Her abrupt firing after just five days reopened the contest for one of the Trump administration’s most prominent roles The White House is without a press secretary again after the ousting o...
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...
A pile of candidates is already being tossed around as possible replacements for Katie Zacharia, hours after she was ousted as White House press secretary. The White House announced Zachari...
Katie Zacharia served as White House press secretary for five days, the shortest tenure on the list. We compiled a list ranking White House press secretaries by the length of their tenures.
You may miss her now that she's gone.
Mick Mulvaney, former acting White House Chief of Staff and Co-Founder of the Freedom Caucus, says the Trump administration “set” Katie Zacharia “up to fail” by not giving her enough prepar...
"I said, 'Katie, is this for you?,'" Trump told reporters. "I said, 'Katie, you don't have to do this'... I said to her, 'Honestly if I were you I'd reconsider.'"
Her abrupt departure came after she was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just five days on the job. CBS News congressional correspondent is in Dalton, Georgia, where President Trump is rallying for Repub...
President Donald Trump privately tore into his short-lived White House press secretary before her abrupt exit, according to a new report. Trump told attendees at an earlier meeting, which K...
Katie Zacharia is leaving her role as White House press secretary after a brief and challenging tenure
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.
Katie Zacharia was set up to fail by the White House and President Trump, who made her White House press secretary without preparing her, former Clinton-era White House press secretary Joe...
Kylie Cooper / REUTERS Katie Zacharia, who lasted less than a week as White House press secretary, will end her final day in the role dining with JD Vance and his family. Donald Trump on Fr...
The 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 ye...
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.
This comes after a short and rocky tenure that was defined by questions about her professional background and lack of polish in fielding questions from journalists.
Just ahead of firing the newly appointed White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, just five days into her new role, President Donald Trump reportedly told advisors during a meeting with...
Katie Zacharia’s disastrously short tenure as White House press secretary, a hire he made without consulting his veteran chief of staff, could be a harbinger of dysfunction ahead, Andrew Fe...
Plus, immigration enforcement snarls home-building and Russia continues testing NATO.
We begin with breaking news out of the United States, where Katie Zacharia has been fired from her role, after a tumultuous week at the White House. In other news, a man has been left injur...
We begin with breaking news out of the United States, where Katie Zacharia has been fired from her role, after a tumultuous week at the White House. In other news, a man has been left injur...
A real law degree wasn’t enough, and the reason it wasn’t is a warning for anyone who’s ever stretched a line on a bio.
'There is not a lot of urgency' among White House staff
The White House press secretary position appears to be open again, with multiple potential successors to Katie Zacharia emerging in media speculation after her rocky start in the high-profi...
Sean Hannity bludgeoned new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia during her appearance last night on Fox News in such a fashion that one has to wonder: why? Hannity is a loyal MAGA cu...
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.
The Trump administration returns to classic form.
WASHINGTON — 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 he...
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...
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is reportedly "transitioning out" of her role after receiving criticism regarding her legal background, Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie shared.
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...
President Donald Trump told reporters Friday morning he had encouraged Katie Zacharia to “reconsider” the position following a week of questions surrounding her legal credentials.
Exit comes amid deepening turmoil for White House as midterm elections loom
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after less than a week on the job, two US officials said on Friday, after a rocky start as President Donald Trump’s top spokesperson.
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Now: Wording Gap is 89/99 and story health is stable · 54 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.