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Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Ousted After 5 Days

Her abrupt departure came after she was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

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Katie Zacharia during her first briefing at the White House on Tuesday. She was ousted on Friday.
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Katie Zacharia Admits Failing Bar, but Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer

In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.

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Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. “I woke up at 3 in the morning on Tuesday to prepare with what I had,” she said of her first press briefing.
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Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?

Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.

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Katie Zacharia Makes Bumpy Debut as Trump’s New Press Secretary

Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up.

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Katie Zacharia, the new press secretary, said that she had wanted to work for President Trump “for a very long time.”
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution

A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.

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President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday.
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At Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair

The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.

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