Katie Zacharia, Trump's new press secretary, fired

Katie Zacharia has been fired as White House press secretary less than a week into the job, according to three people familiar with the decision.

Trump cast it differently Friday, telling reporters he had urged her to “reconsider” the role. Recounting their conversation, he said he asked whether she really needed the job and told her he didn’t think she did.

Her tenure unraveled fast. Zacharia’s first and only briefing on Tuesday went poorly, and days of headlines followed over whether she had presented herself as a lawyer, a label Trump himself used, even though she failed the bar exam.

Neither the White House nor Zacharia responded to requests for comment.