White House · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Press secretary Katie Zacharia says she is leaving

The File desk · Oct 18, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

Status

Partially confirmed. The only source this desk has is her own post on Friday night. No White House statement was opened.

Partially confirmed
Katie Zacharia posted Friday night that her time as press secretary was ending.
Unverified
A reason, a last day, and a successor were not on a page this desk opened.

Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, said late Friday that she is leaving the job. The only source this desk opened is her own post.¹

She wrote, “It was an honor to work for him.” The post is timed 9:11 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Oct. 16.

This desk did not find a White House statement. It did not find a named successor on the pages it opened.

She posted it Friday night.

Notes

1.Katie Zacharia on X, Oct. 16, 2026, 9:11 p.m. Eastern (01:11 UTC on Oct. 17). “It was an honor to work for him.” https://x.com/KatieZacharia/status/2111263907297788052 The post was not re-opened in this publish environment. The politics desk recorded it.

No White House announcement was found.
No successor is named here.
Her post was recorded by the politics desk. This publish environment did not re-open X.

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Katie Zacharia post
Katie Zacharia on X · October 16, 2026
It was an honor to work for him.
https://x.com/KatieZacharia/status/2111263907297788052