{
  "id": 14908761,
  "title": "Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia is having a rough ride — even on friendly territory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trumps-new-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-is-having-a-rough-ride-even",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-16T08:28:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/katie-zacharia-first-week-white-house-press-secretary-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, faced a difficult start to her tenure. Despite receiving only a brief briefing just before her first press conference, she claimed she had done her very best. The scrutiny over her legal background intensified, especially after she admitted to taking the bar exam but failing. Zacharia, who graduated from Pepperdine University in 2011, confirmed she had consulted legal professionals to ensure she could legally describe herself as an attorney. However, her work in China, where only Chinese nationals can take the bar exam, has raised questions about her qualifications. Two watchdog groups filed complaints with California's state bar, calling for an investigation into whether Zacharia had violated state law by calling herself a lawyer.",
  "summary": "Katie Zacharia said she had been on the job for \"less than maybe eight hours\" before she delivered her first press briefing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Questions dog Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/questions-dog-trumps-press-secretary-katie-zacharia",
        "published": "2026-10-15T01:00:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Katie Zacharia defends calling herself a lawyer in new interview",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/katie-zacharia-defends-calling-herself-a-lawyer-in-new-interview",
        "published": "2026-10-15T20:56:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Trump press secretary says she didn’t pass bar, downplays result",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-press-secretary-says-she-didnt-pass-bar-downplays-result",
        "published": "2026-10-16T08:45:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}