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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.

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The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.

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Trump picks Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary

Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretaryBBC News – World
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Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary

The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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