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Trump press secretary exits after one week

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Katie Zacharia, Trump's new White House press secretary, has been let go after just seven days. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticizes Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia. A 16-year-old gunman kills three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school.

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CNN and Reuters both frame the story as Katie Zacharia leaving the press secretary job after an extremely short stint, with CNN saying Trump fired her after five days and one briefing and Reuters saying she was let go after seven days. CNN alone adds that advisers said the firing ended a turbulent week-long tenure and quotes Trump earlier telling reporters he had asked her to reconsider her role. Reuters stays on the departure itself and, in its extract, also appends unrelated items.

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