Katie Zacharia Debuts as White House Press Secretary, Takes Three Questions

Katie Zacharia, 41, held her first White House press briefing on Tuesday, opening the session by reading slowly from a lengthy list of what she described as President Donald Trump's achievements. She took only three questions from journalists. Zacharia said her approach mirrors her prior outside work: amplifying, multiplying and expanding upon Trump's agenda for the American people. A devotee of Trump's hard-right Maga movement, she assumes the communications role as Republicans confront warnings of heavy losses in upcoming midterm elections. She succeeds the combative but skilled former press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The debut comes as polls indicate the 80-year-old president is becoming increasingly unpopular.