U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he was pleased to announce Katie Zakaria will formally take over as White House press secretary on the 12th. According to Sina Finance, she will hold her first news conference at 9:30 a.m. on the 13th in the White House briefing room. Zakaria previously served as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs, and she has often appeared as a commentator on Fox News and The Daily Wire. The White House press secretary post has been vacant since Leavitt left at the end of August.