President Donald Trump announced that he’s picked Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who has regularly appeared on Fox News, CNN and Newsmax, to be the new White House press secretary.
\n\nShe takes over the role from Karoline Leavitt, who is joining Fox News as a contributor.
\n\nZacharia currently serves as a senior communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social network. The California native previously served as a spokesperson and deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security for two months under then-Secretary Kristi Noem. Zacharia also has served as general counsel to Fix California, a conservative political advocacy group founded by Trump ally Ric Grenell (who served as director of the Kennedy Center from February 2025 to March 2026).
\n\nZacharia takes over the White House press secretary job as Trump — who is famously combative with the mainstream media — is the target of a lawsuit filed by CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed against Trump and three administration officials seeking to have the president’s ban of the news outlets lifted. On Thursday, the judge hearing the case extended the temporary restraining order granted to the plaintiffs — requiring the…
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