{"id":7744,"date":"2026-10-09T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:26:11","slug":"katie-zacharia-offered-position-as-white-house-press-secretary-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7744","title":{"rendered":"Katie Zacharia \u2018offered\u2019 position as White House press secretary | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The role has been vacant since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt left in August.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 9 Oct 2026<\/span>9 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia has been selected as US President Donald Trump\u2019s next press secretary.<\/p>\n

A White House<\/a> source told Al Jazeera on Friday that the position has \u201cbeen offered\u201d to Zacharia.<\/p>\n

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Zacharia, according to her LinkedIn profile, is a senior communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the president\u2019s social media platform TruthSocial. Her profile also states she was previously employed as a commentator for conservative US media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, before joining the Trump administration in February 2026 as an official at the US Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

Zachariah first came to Washington in 2006, when she held intern roles at the Republican National Committee and in the White House under former US President George W Bush, the profile says.<\/p>\n

The White House press secretary role has been vacant since August, when its previous holder, Karoline Leavitt, resigned to spend more time with her family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The role has been vacant since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt left in August. Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026 Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia has been selected as US President Donald Trump\u2019s next press secretary. A White House source told Al Jazeera on Friday that the position has \u201cbeen offered\u201d to Zacharia….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t