All posts tagged "Katie Zacharia"

MS NOW's Jen Psaki was left flabbergasted by the debut of President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary, conspiracy theorist Katie Zacharia.

Psaki, herself a former press secretary for the Biden administration, kicked off her segment with a brief grading of Zacharia's first performance. "I am just going to start tonight by saying something that I never thought I would ever say: Karoline Leavitt, wherever you are out there, I miss you," she said.

Psaki played a clip of Zacharia opening up her first press briefing....

President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary appears to have tried to scrub parts of her online past before taking the role.

Katie Zacharia, named to the post Friday, has a "sordid online history" she seemingly worked to wipe from view, The Bulwark reported Saturday.

Zacharia previously served as a spokeswoman for then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, appeared regularly on Fox News and Newsmax and most recently advised Trump Media and Technology Group....

The prediction market Kalshi is examining some strangely well-timed wagers that anticipated President Donald Trump's selection of Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A Kalshi spokeswoman said the company is looking into the trades but wouldn't say more. Zacharia, a conservative media commentator who spent a short stint at the Department of Homeland Security, hadn't been seen as a top contender. In the days before the news, Kalshi gave her roughly a 1 percent chance.

News outlets began reporting her pick around 2 p.m. Friday, and Trump confirmed it on his Truth Social platform. "I am confident that Katie will deliver strong results for our Country," the president wrote....

A MAGA Fox News commentator who was reportedly selected to join the Department of Homeland Security as a spokesperson was outraged just days ago after she claimed her gym bullied her for wearing a Trump hat.

Katie Zacharia, an adviser to Richard Grenell, the current interim head of the Trump-Kennedy Center and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, has been hired by DHS following the announcement that top DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin was leaving the Trump administration, a source told Axios in a report published Tuesday. Zacharia will join the agency as deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Public Affairs.

Zacharia penned an opinion piece on Sunday for the California Post, the New York Post's new West Coast operation, saying she was unfairly treated by people at her California kickboxing gym after wearing a particular hat and referred to "MAGA bullies."...