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  "id": 14292862,
  "title": "Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia says she passed bar exam in China, raising eyebrows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/trump-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-says-she-passed-bar-exam-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:43:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3370787/trumps-new-press-secretary-faces-questions-over-over-claim-she-passed-bar-exam-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Katie Zacharia, US President Donald Trump’s newly appointed White House press secretary, faces questions about her legal credentials after telling reporters on Tuesday that she passed a bar exam “when I moved to China”, without identifying the jurisdiction. Zacharia, who has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer, made the remark after her first official White House press briefing. According to…",
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        "published": "2026-10-13T14:52:45.000Z"
      },
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        "title": "Katie Zacharia Bombs First Day as White House Press Secretary",
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        "published": "2026-10-13T15:19:29.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/my-president-sorry-my-husband-trumps-new-press-secretary-katie",
        "published": "2026-10-13T16:20:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia holds first briefing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/new-white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-holds-first-briefing",
        "published": "2026-10-13T17:09:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Katie Zacharia's bar exam details, law degree, questioned; what Pepperdine said about Trump's new Press Secretary, all about Zhong Lun work",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/katie-zacharias-bar-exam-details-law-degree-questioned-what",
        "published": "2026-10-13T19:40:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
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