{
  "id": 13185691,
  "title": "Trump taps Katie Zacharia for press secretary: White House source",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/trump-taps-katie-zacharia-for-press-secretary-white-house-source",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:52:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/trump-taps-katie-zacharia-for-press-secretary-white-house-source-2-1.500705147"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has offered the role of White House press secretary to conservative commentator Katie Zacharia, according to a White House official. The position has been vacant since Karoline Leavitt left in late August, after giving birth to her second child, as per The Guardian US.\n\nZacharia currently works as a senior communications adviser for Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates Truth Social, the president's social media site. She previously had a brief stint as a spokesperson at the Department of Homeland Security, from February to March this year. According to CBS News, Zacharia frequently appears on Fox News and Newsmax.\n\nThe White House press secretary role involves managing relationships with the press, coordinating with other parts of the White House, and providing media advice to the president. Zacharia would become Trump's sixth chief spokesperson across his two administrations, as reported by BBC News.",
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        "published": "2026-10-09T17:19:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Katie Zacharia ‘offered’ position as White House press secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/katie-zacharia-offered-position-as-white-house-press-secretary",
        "published": "2026-10-09T18:49:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump picks Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/trump-picks-katie-zacharia-as-next-white-house-press-secretary",
        "published": "2026-10-09T18:54:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Katie Zacharia picked as White House press secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/katie-zacharia-picked-as-white-house-press-secretary",
        "published": "2026-10-09T18:54:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Trump offers White House press secretary post to Katie Zacharia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/trump-offers-white-house-press-secretary-post-to-katie-zacharia",
        "published": "2026-10-09T18:59:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Katie Zacharia husband and children: Who is Tyler Zacharia? What we know about their family",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/katie-zacharia-husband-and-children-who-is-tyler-zacharia-what-we",
        "published": "2026-10-09T19:23:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Former Truth Social communications adviser offered White House press secretary role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/former-truth-social-communications-adviser-offered-white-house-press",
        "published": "2026-10-09T19:42:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia offered role of Trump's new White House press secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/conservative-commentator-katie-zacharia-offered-role-of-trumps-new",
        "published": "2026-10-09T20:02:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}