Trump names Truth Social adviser Katie Zacharia White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt
Leavitt left in late August; the White House has not held a formal briefing since Sept. 3.
Zacharia, a senior communications adviser at Trump Media and a former DHS spokesperson, accepted on X. He fills a podium that has gone 36 days without a formal briefing, since Vice President JD Vance held the last one on Sept. 3.
- Zacharia is the 6th consecutive woman to serve as press secretary, per The Hill.
- Her DHS stint is reported as February–March 2026 (Washington Examiner, BBC) or about two months ending in April (Axios).
- Trump last week: "We're doing an extremely poor job of promotion, and an extremely great job of running the country."