Trump offers Katie Zacharia the White House press secretary position to replace Karoline Leavitt.
The Trump White House has offered Katie Zacharia the role of White House press secretary, according to multiple White House officials. Zacharia is a conservative commentator and lawyer who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security and currently serves as a senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group. She would replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the position in August 2026.
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Divergence score
15 outlets covered it, splitting into 15 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
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4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 15 outlets placed this story
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BBC
New York Times
CNN
CBS News
Al Jazeera
Politico
Axios
Washington Examiner
Reuters
The Hill
ABC News
NY Post
NBC News
Jerusalem Post
Supportive of action
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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Daily Wire
Trump Makes Offer To Replace Karoline Leavitt
offer confirmed, acceptance pending · positive
New York Times
Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump's New White House Press Secretary
first to report, factual · neutral
First to report
- CNNfirst
- Politico+0 min
- Daily Wire+2.2 h
- NY Post+6.7 h
- Washington Examiner+6.8 h
- Reuters+7.0 h
- NBC News+7.0 h
- New York Times+7.1 h
- ABC News+7.2 h
- Al Jazeera+7.4 h
- CBS News+7.4 h
- The Hill+7.5 h
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The split, in one line
Coverage remains split between offer-not-yet-accepted framing and presumptive confirmation, with new international perspective adding Trump administration context and midterm election timing.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
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“Who is Katie Zacharia, potential new White House press secretary?” · BBC, Al Jazeera, Politico, Axios, Reuters, The Hill, Jerusalem Post
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TNew York Times Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump's New White House Press Secretary 2h ago CNNCNN Trump selects Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary 9h ago LEFT-CENTER3
CBSCBS News Trump picks Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary 1h ago ABCABC News Katie Zacharia offered White House press secretary job 1h ago NBCNBC News Katie Zacharia will be the next White House press secretary 2h ago CENTER4
PPolitico White House offers Katie Zacharia White House press secretary job 9h ago AAxios Katie Zacharia tapped as next White House press secretary 1h ago RReuters Katie Zacharia picked as White House press secretary - Reuters 2h ago HThe Hill Who is Katie Zacharia, potential new White House press secretary? 1h ago RIGHT3
DWDaily Wire Trump Makes Offer To Replace Karoline Leavitt 6h ago WEWashington Examiner Katie Zacharia tapped to be Trump's next White House press secretary 2h ago NYPNY Post White House has found replacement for Karoline Leavitt as press secretary 2h ago INTERNATIONAL3
BBCBBC Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary 1h ago AJAl Jazeera Katie Zacharia 'offered' position as White House press secretary 1h ago JPJerusalem Post Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia offered role of Trump's new White House press secretary just now 10 tracked claims across 15 outlets
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Zacharia's age at the time of the offer.
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