Katie Zacharia takes three reporters' questions in brief White House debut

BBC reporter Sarah Smith described Katie Zacharia's first-day White House briefing as the shortest she had ever witnessed there.

AI-written summary · The Chestnut Post · October 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM EDT · How we use AI

Katie Zacharia fielded questions from three journalists during a brief White House briefing on her first day in the job.

The BBC's Sarah Smith, reporting on the appearance, said it was the shortest briefing she had ever witnessed at the White House.

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