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Conservative TV Personality Katie Zacharia Appointed White House Press Secretary

HeadlineOct 12, 2026
Image Credit: Instagram / @katiezacharia

President Trump appointed conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to serve as White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt. Zacharia has spread anti-abortion disinformation, including a conspiracy theory linking the abortion pill mifepristone to Nazi Germany. In a November 2025 post on X, Zacharia falsely claimed mifepristone is “connected to the manufacturer of the deadly gas Zyklon B.” Zacharia is a former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson and current adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group.

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