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  "id": 14233424,
  "title": "New White House spokeswoman heavy on Trump praise, light on questions in debut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/new-white-house-spokeswoman-heavy-on-trump-praise-light-on-questions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261014/new-white-house-spokeswoman-heavy-on-trump-praise-light-on-questions-in-debut"
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  "account": "On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia took her first briefing room appearance, delivering a speech filled with praise for President Donald Trump and sparing little time for questions from journalists. In her debut, she emphasized her goal of amplifying, multiplying, and expanding upon the president's agenda for the American people.\n\nZacharia, a 41-year-old supporter of the hard-right MAGA movement, assumes the role of White House communications chief as Republicans anticipate potential heavy losses in the upcoming midterm elections. She also succeeds the experienced but combative former press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a time when public opinion polls indicate the 80-year-old president's unpopularity is growing.\n\nDuring her initial briefing, Zacharia read a thorough list of accomplishments under Trump's leadership, speaking at a notably slow pace. This type of opening statement, known as a \"topper\" in White House parlance, is a common practice when introducing new press secretaries.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia made her briefing room debut Tuesday by taking remarkably few questions from journalists while leaving no doubt who she believes has all the answers — Donald Trump. \"I get to do what I was doing on the outside already, which was hoping to amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump's incredible agenda for the American people,\" she…",
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    "41-year-old supporter of MAGA movement assumes communications chief role",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "New White House spokeswoman heavy on Trump praise, light on questions in debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/new-white-house-spokeswoman-heavy-on-trump-praise-light-on-questions-14237088",
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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."
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