Katie Zacharia has been offered the job of White House press secretary, according to confirmation provided by a White House official. The offer positions Zacharia as the presumed [1] successor to Karoline Leavitt.
The New York Times and the New York Post also reported that Zacharia is expected to become the new White House press secretary. Those reports, paired with the White House official’s confirmation, put her at the center of the coming transition.
The confirmed detail is that Zacharia has received the offer for the role. The reports describe her as the presumed choice to take over the White House podium following Leavitt’s departure.
Zacharia would replace Leavitt, who left the White House press secretary position in late August. Leavitt had been the public face at the podium before stepping away from the role.
Although Leavitt is no longer serving as White House press secretary, she has not left President Donald Trump’s orbit. She continues to work as an outside advisor to Trump.
Zacharia, meanwhile, arrives with experience in government public affairs, legal work, political communications, and television advocacy. Her current and previous positions were all cited as the White House considers its next press secretary.
Earlier this year, Zacharia served as deputy assistant secretary to public affairs and as a spokesperson at the Department of Homeland Security. Those positions placed her in public affairs and spokesperson responsibilities within the administration.
Zacharia currently serves as general counsel at Fix California. She also holds the position of senior communications advisor at Trump Media & Technology Group.
In addition to those formal roles, Zacharia frequently appears on cable television shows as an advocate for the president. That public advocacy has made her a familiar presence defending Trump before television audiences.
Her listed experience therefore includes work inside the Department of Homeland Security, responsibilities at Fix California, and communications duties at Trump Media & Technology Group. The offer from the White House would bring those strands together at the press secretary’s podium.
The coming change follows Leavitt’s announcement that she was leaving the position. When she announced her departure, Leavitt described her experience in deeply positive terms.
“Serving as the White House Press Secretary over the past year and a half has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime,” she posted when announcing that she was stepping away from the podium.
Leavitt’s statement presented her tenure as both an honor and an adventure, while her continued status as an outside advisor keeps her connected to Trump. Her departure from the press secretary role did not amount to a departure from his broader orbit.
Zacharia’s offer now provides the clearest indication of who may take Leavitt’s former place. The White House official confirmed the offer directly to Townhall, while the two New York newspapers identified her as the presumed incoming press secretary.
The transition would move Zacharia from her current legal and communications posts into the White House press secretary role. Her work as a presidential advocate on cable television also forms part of the experience described in the reporting.
For now, the central development is straightforward: Zacharia has been offered the job that Leavitt left in late August. With the White House confirming that offer, Zacharia stands as the presumed next person behind the podium.