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Okay, so apparently Katie Zacharia didn't work out as press secretary. However, is there a chance she could have remained on that job if she wasn't so nervous at the get-go? In fact, could she have been able to get over that hump of first day nerves if she had been calmed down by just a few shots of whiskey (or rum or vodka)? I say this from some personal experience. I spent a couple of summers years ago traveling the race car circuit (NASCAR, Indy 500, and other car races) in the Midwest, East Coast, and the South. No...

President Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is reportedly out of a job. Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie reported, “A senior White House official tells @pdoocy Katie ZACHARIA is “transitioning out” of the press secretary position.” This is a breaking story and will be updated.

Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter - your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 13:10 EDT, 16 October 2026 | Updated: 13:56 EDT, 16 October 2026 Add us as a preferred source 635 comments Katie Zacharia has reportedly left her role as White House press secretary after less than five days on the job. A senior White House official told Fox News that Zacharia is 'transitioning out' of the position on Friday. Minutes prior, Donald Trump told reporters at the White...

A White House official on Friday told The Epoch Times that new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has left her position about a week after she was named. The White House also shared an X post from a Fox News reporter saying she is transitioning away from the position. President Donald Trump on Friday said he offered Zacharia the option to reconsider taking the job after she was “treated very badly” in the media. “I said to Katie just two minutes ago: ‘You don’t have to do this,’” he told reporters at the White House on Friday.

President Donald Trump's White House press secretary replacement following Karoline Leavitt's departure, Katie Zacharia, has reportedly scrubbed her Instagram of bikini photos mere days after beginning her role within the Trump administration. The 42-year-old television personality appeared to do so damage control, re-curating her Instagram page to exclude swimsuits photos she initially posted. Days after Zacharia took on her Washington D.C. position it seemed that certain photos on her profile disappeared, with The U.S. Sun previously reporting that the bikini pics that were once on her Instagram page were removed from her account after she accepted the press secretary role....

President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia failed the California bar exam and has never passed one in the United States, despite repeatedly describing herself as a lawyer and being introduced by the president as an attorney. The revelation has sparked fresh questions about the legal credentials of Trump's latest high-profile appointment, whose professional history includes working at a prestigious Chinese law firm and serving as general counsel for a political nonprofit. Zacharia, who graduated from Pepperdine University's law school in 2011, sat for the California bar exam shortly afterward but failed, a person with direct knowledge...

Thank you to President Trump for the distinguished privilege of serving as White House Press Secretary. Serving President Trump and the American people at this critical 250-year mark is the honor of a lifetime. President Trump has shown America that we can be great again, and he works to effectuate that greatness every single day. His confidence is a true privilege, and his leadership is a blessing to this country. The work ahead is to continue delivering strong results for our Country and communicating to the American people the major wins that this Administration is making every single day. I...

Katie Zacharia has been offered the role as the next White House Press Secretary, Fox News Digital confirmed on Friday afternoon. She currently serves as the senior communications advisor to Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social. She is an attorney and frequent television commentator who briefly served as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She will succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left the role in late August.

CNN commentator Scott Jennings is being pushed to replace Karline Leavitt as White House press secretary, according to a new report. According to the Daily Mail, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is pushing for Jennings, 48, to replace Karoline Leavitt, who is stepping down to spend time with her family. “It’s his if he wants it,” the Daily Mail quoted a source as saying. “And he does.” The report said President Donald Trump is partial to having a female press secretary. The report said Jennings and Wiles were meeting even before Leavitt’s plans were ever made public. Over...

As Karoline Leavitt gears up to welcome her second child, there's chatter on who will fill her role during her maternity leave... Leavitt, 28, is due in May, and three women in her press office are seen as potential stand-ins during her absence: Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly, Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers, and Regional Press Secretary Liz Huston. Kelly joined the White House in January and brings extensive political experience, having worked on several Republican campaigns. Prior to being on Leavitt's team, she worked for the Republican National Convention as a national press secretary and as communications director for...

KAROLINE LEAVITT: “You can and you should do both because actually being a mom and having a family and having a job, it gives you the greatest perspective.” @PressSec live at the This Is the Turning Point

New York magazine writer Charlotte Klein is really annoyed with former Biden White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre. What bothers Klein isn't the fact that KJP was utterly incompetent as now attested to by her former fellow White House colleagues, nor even the fact that she is obviously grifting with the launch of her new self-serving book. No, what irks Klein is the word "independent" which KJP has latched onto with her announcement that she is leaving the Democrat party.You get an idea of just how obsessed Klein is by "independent" by the fact that she obsessively repeats that word...

Sen. Van Hollen took a highly publicized trip last week to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return.. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Monday after he admitted that his trip to El Salvador to meet a deported illegal immigrant was paid for by taxpayers. Van Hollen took heat from Republicans and one of his constituents, Angel Mom Patty Morin, after he flew to El Salvador in an effort to bring home deported illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the White House maintains is an MS-13 gang member. On "Fox...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt faced mockery on Wednesday after another apparent slip-up during a press briefing. Leavitt stated that President Donald Trump is “committed to passing a big reconciliation package later this year,” which includes “ending no taxes on tips.” Leavitt says Trump is committed to "ending no taxes on tips" — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)2025-03-19T17:30:01.137Z Critics quickly seized on the phrase, interpreting it as an accidental double negative that contradicted Trump’s 2024 election campaign promise to nix taxes on tips. Trump is yet to implement the policy. Leavitt on Monday drew similar mockery after she accidentally claimed the...

Democrats often sound condescending and presumptuous while hurling indefensible insults. Fortunately, at least one talented young staffer in President Donald Trump's administration knows how to deal with her misguided detractors. On Saturday, according to the New York Post, 27-year-old White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back at Democratic Rep. Dave Min of California, who called her a "fake Christian" last month on the social media platform X. "I think it’s pitiful for an elected member of Congress to say that about a woman who he’s never even met," Leavitt said. At her first press briefing on Jan. 28, Leavitt...

We’re only a little over one week into President Trump’s second term, and already the Press Secretary’s office has had to debunk three “fake news hoaxes.” “Debunking Latest Fake News Hoaxes,” reads the press release from The Office of Communications. “President Donald J. Trump has been subjected to more manufactured Fake News hoaxes than any president in history,” the memo explains, “and it hasn’t gotten any better in his second term.” It starts with the biggie: HOAX: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and media outlets claim President Trump’s directive to pause radical, wasteful government spending means an...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he selected Karoline Leavitt, a longtime communications staffer, as his White House press secretary. Leavitt, 27, previously served as an assistant press secretary in Trump's first administration and was the national press secretary for his reelection campaign.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen the person who will do battle with the White House press corps for his second term. On Friday, Trump announced in a statement that Karoline Leavitt, the 27-year-old national press secretary of his presidential campaign, would serve as his press secretary for his upcoming administration. She will become the youngest person ever to hold the position. The previous youngest press secretary was the late Ron Ziegler, who served under former President Richard Nixon

Karoline Leavitt is the new White House Press Secretary. I propose that she invite a rotating corp to substitute for her when she takes a vacation. 1. Cyrus 2. Conner Mcgregor 3. Dana Loesch 4. Benny Johnson 5. Alex Jones 6. Rhonda Rousey 7. Gina Carajo 8. Hulk Hogan 9. Sylvester Stallone 10. Jake Paul 11. Mike Tyson

Alina Habba has ruled herself out of being Donald Trump's announcement despite speculation she was the front-runner. The firebrand attorney was thought to be a top contender for one of the most high-profile jobs in the administration. But on Thursday morning, she announced that she withdrew her name from consideration.