President Trump announced on social media on the 9th he has appointed conservative commentator Katie Zakaria as White House press secretary, replacing Caroline Leavitt. Zakaria is currently senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Gr

2026-10-10

President Trump announced on social media on the 9th he has appointed conservative commentator Katie Zakaria as White House press secretary, replacing Caroline Leavitt. Zakaria is currently senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group’s Truth Social and, Trump said, helped his campaign in key swing states. She previously served as a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson and deputy assistant secretary for public affairs and is a regular commentator on Fox News and OANN. The press secretary post had been vacant since Leavitt left at the end of August.