The conservative commentator was chosen by President Donald Trump to succeed Karoline Leavitt as tensions between the news media and the administration escalate.

That was fast! The briefest White House briefing the BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith has ever seen happened when new US press secretary Katie Zacharia took questions from only three journalists...

She made several blunders along the way, including one notable moment in which she was talking about her family and tripped over her words, saying, "My president — sorry, my husband."