Trump administration names Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary
World · 9 October 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
President Donald Trump has chosen Katie Zacharia as his new White House press secretary. She will take on the role after Karoline Leavitt left the position in August 2024, leaving it empty for several months.
Zacharia currently works in communications for Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social. She has also appeared regularly on conservative television and radio programmes. Earlier in the Trump administration, she worked briefly as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Kristi Noem.
She has connections to Fix California, a nonprofit linked to Trump ally Ric Grenell, and she lives in California. As press secretary, she will hold daily briefings for journalists. She will be Trump's sixth chief spokesperson across his two terms in office.