White House press secretary Katie Zacharia became an instant viral sensation during her first press briefing on Tuesday after mistakenly saying “my president” instead of “my husband.”

Zacharia, a 41-year-old mother of four, was a familiar face on conservative broadcast programs before being chosen last week to succeed Karoline Leavitt.

The slip—which Zacharia good-naturedly acknowledged was “a good one”—has prompted fresh interest in the personal life of the White House’s new press secretary.

Her husband, Tyler, is a well-known film producer whose recent credits include several successful movies.

His credits include Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Silence, starring Andrew Garfield, along with recent major studio releases such as Roofman and The Breadwinner.

Although much of his work has been aimed at mainstream audiences, Tyler recently produced Young Washington, a film about the nation’s first president that proved popular with conservatives.

Tyler earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown, where he studied international politics and military security. He later received an MBA from Pepperdine in 2016 and went on to work for a private equity firm in Beijing.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Tyler served as a vice president at SGI Frontier Capital in Beijing from August 2007 through July 2013.

He also speaks fluent Mandarin, a skill that helped him secure work in the private equity sector.

“What I learned is that when you’re doing deals in China, or really anywhere, it’s not about the facts and figures as much as your people skills. That excites me way more than sitting down in front of a spreadsheet,” he said of his career.

Tyler now serves as chief operating officer of 2521 Entertainment, the company behind several recent films and an upcoming feature about the founding of the Hershey chocolate company.

He also oversees business operations at Boies Schiller Entertainment and CenterStage Technologies.

Katie and Tyler have been married since 2011, with Tyler confirming their marriage in a 2016 interview with Pepperdine Magazine.

The interview also revealed that the couple spent eight months backpacking around the world together during the mid-2010s.

The couple have four children, and Katie spent five years away from work to focus on raising them.

Despite her demanding career, Katie says her children remain her top priority. “The idea of not spending evenings with my kids is completely unacceptable,” she said.

“I adore my family. I love them. They are my priority,” she added.

Katie was asked at one point how she could maintain that balance, given her family lives in California. 

‘[Tyler’s] out here for the week because we have two birthdays in our family and we are very, very protective of celebrating birthdays as a family. So he brought the entire crew out here. Bless him. It’s a lot. And we will be moving out here,’ she said.

‘I intend to, to the extent possible, include my family, include my kids in my work. Though my work will be demanding, they will always be a priority.’

Katie Zacharia lived and worked in Beijing, China, for roughly two to three years after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school. 

She worked for the Zhong Lun Law Firm from about August 2011 to June 2014. Her husband, Tyler Zacharia, also worked in Beijing at the time for a private equity firm.  

‘I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials,’ Zacharia told the Daily Mail in a statement. 

In addition to her roles in China, Katie Zacharia has also served as the general counsel of conservative political group Fix California, according to her LinkedIn, and has claimed to be outside counsel for the World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation.

Katie, who was announced as press secretary on Friday, appeared Saturday morning on Fox & Friends Weekend to discuss her new position.

‘This job is not about me,’ Zacharia said. ‘This job is about [Trump] and how he wants to communicate to the American people.’

She called Trump ‘the most energetic, intense president we have ever seen,’ and touted his policies as ‘the most effective [and] most exciting.’

Zacharia, who is also a senior communications advisor for the President’s Truth Social social media platform, added that she could not wait to work for Trump.

‘Whatever it brings – he’s full of surprises – but I’m really excited about it,’ she said.

The new press secretary noted that Trump had shown her where the White House ballroom would be. She called it an example of Trump ‘bringing back’ America’s greatness.

‘He is ahead of schedule, under budget, and it’s gonna be amazing,’ Zacharia said.

Trump announced that Zacharia would follow Karoline Leavitt, the previous press secretary, on Friday afternoon on Truth Social. Leavitt announced her departure on August 12 and left the position on August 27, which she explained was to spend more time with her family.

Trump said Zacharia had been ‘outstanding’ in her role at Truth Social, noting she had also served as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, where she lasted six weeks. 

She replaced Tricia McLaughlin in February as the on-camera face of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

But it was short lived, and her exit from DHS was shrouded in controversy, with reports she was pushed out over her close ties to Corey Lewandowski, Kristi Noem’s DHS adviser and rumored lover.

Zacharia, at the time, flatly denied that account, claiming she stepped away because constant travel between Washington and her home in California was too hard on her family. 

Trump said on Truth Social in his announcement: ‘She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning.’ 

The president said Zacharia was ‘a devoted fan and member of MAGA,’ who he was confident would ‘deliver strong results.’

Zacharia thanked Trump on Truth Social ‘for the distinguished privilege’ of becoming White House press secretary after his announcement.

‘Serving President Trump and the American people at this critical 250–year mark is the honor of a lifetime,’ Zacharia wrote.

She said Trump had ‘shown America that we can be great again’ while lavishing praise on his administration.

‘His confidence is a true privilege, and his leadership is a blessing to this country,’ Zacharia added.

‘God bless President Trump, and God bless America,’ she continued.

Trump also said Zacharia had been previously involved in his presidential campaigns, particularly in key swing states.

Zacharia’s naming comes during an important political period ahead of the midterm elections in November.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., immigration history is again under scrutiny following a federal search of her Washington, D.C., residence. New reports say investigators have subpoenaed relatives, while congressional staff previously asked that the birth year in several public biographies be changed.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other person in her family’s circle as part of an inquiry into possible fraud and false statements in immigration documents, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation.

Fox News also reported that subpoenas were issued to multiple members of Omar’s family.

Separately, the New York Post reported that Omar’s congressional staff contacted the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library in May 2019 and requested that her birth year be changed from 1981 to 1982. The discrepancy has been cited by a former political opponent who has challenged Omar’s account of how she obtained U.S. citizenship.

The reports emerged a day after agents with Homeland Security Investigations searched Omar’s home in Washington, D.C.

Two sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that the search was connected to an ongoing criminal investigation involving Omar’s immigration paperwork.

The Justice Department confirmed that agents carried out a judicially authorized search warrant as part of an active federal criminal investigation.

Omar has consistently denied any immigration-related wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of directing federal law enforcement against her for political reasons.

“I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” Omar, a member of the progressive congressional group known as “The Squad,” wrote Monday on X.

“For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” she added. “I will not be silenced.”

Emails reviewed by the Post indicate that Omar’s congressional staff contacted the Minnesota library several months after she joined Congress to seek a correction to the birth year listed in its records.

“On May 17, 2019, Library staff were informed by Rep. Omar’s congressional staff that her birth year was incorrect and requested that we change it to 1982,” the library’s director wrote in a May 24, 2019, email, according to the outlet.

The director also wrote that Omar’s staff were coordinating with Wikipedia, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and other reference sources to update the year.

The library’s original listing, however, was not based on a birth certificate or other primary documentation. In a separate email cited by the Post, the director said the 1981 date had been taken from other reference materials and added “without documentation.”

The conflicting birth years do not, by themselves, prove that Omar falsified immigration records. Neither report established that the biography change was connected to Monday’s search.

Omar has said that she became a U.S. citizen through her father’s naturalization in 2000, before reaching the age of 18.

“I became a citizen actually before I turned 18,” she told The Intercept in a September 2018 interview, according to the Post. “My father became a citizen and so I got my citizenship through that process.”

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AJ Kern, who unsuccessfully challenged Omar in the 2022 Democratic primary, has questioned whether she was still a minor when her father became a citizen, the Post reported.

Kern told the outlet that she filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and brought a lawsuit seeking documentation of Omar’s citizenship. A state judge dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, according to the Post.

The Times reported that investigators are examining the immigration history of Omar’s family, including whether her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, provided false information or left out relevant details on immigration forms before becoming a U.S. citizen.

The precise scope of the investigation remains unclear. Grand jury subpoenas seek evidence and do not, by themselves, mean the recipients are suspected of wrongdoing.

The Times reported that previous federal inquiries into Omar’s immigration history have not resulted in charges.

The immigration developments also come as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro disclosed a separate examination of Omar’s financial disclosures.

Speaking Tuesday on Fox News’ “America Reports,” Pirro said her office was investigating the filings, which previously showed that the combined reported value of two businesses tied to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, climbed from approximately $15,000 to $51,000 in 2023 to between $6 million and $30 million in 2024.

Fox News Digital previously examined the disclosures involving eStCru LLC, a California winery, and Rose Lake Capital LLC, a Washington-based venture capital firm.

Omar amended the filings in April, reducing the couple’s combined reported assets to between $18,004 and $95,000. Her office said the original disclosures failed to properly account for business liabilities. Financial disclosures list assets in broad ranges and do not establish an exact net worth.

In September, the Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5-1 to recommend that the House Ethics Committee dismiss misconduct allegations related to the disclosures, finding no substantial reason to believe Omar reported false or incomplete information in violation of federal law or House rules.

That review is separate from the federal investigation Pirro described. It remains unclear whether the financial inquiry is connected to Monday’s search.

President Donald Trump renewed his criticism Tuesday in a statement shared by the White House on X, questioning the change in Omar’s financial filings.

“America wants answers, and we want them, NOW!” Trump said.

Vice President JD Vance, who previously accused Omar of immigration fraud, said Tuesday that he had no advance knowledge of the search, according to the Times.

“If there’s a real case there, we’re going to follow the facts,” Vance said. “If there’s not a real case there, then we won’t.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department, Omar’s office and the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Amanda Macias contributed to this report.

A Florida man who said he killed his cellmate in an effort to receive a death sentence was executed Tuesday.

James Robertson, 63, died at Florida State Prison after being given a three-drug lethal injection. Officials pronounced him dead about 10 minutes after the execution began.

Robertson declined to make a formal final statement when asked whether he had any last words.

“Nah, I’m straight,” he replied.

Robertson’s execution came two weeks after the botched attempt to execute Christa Pike in Tennessee. Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital and was taken to a hospital. She has since been released and returned to prison.

“Florida has a sound lethal injection process and protocol,” Jordan Kirkland, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections, said at a news conference before the execution.

Kirkland said he could not comment on Tennessee’s lethal-injection procedures but insisted Florida would ensure the execution was carried out in a “humane and dignified” manner.

According to the Florida Department of Corrections, the state’s execution protocol uses three drugs: a sedative, a paralytic and a medication intended to stop the heart.

Robertson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for strangling his cellmate, Frank Hart, while he slept in 2008. He waived his appeals and told investigators he committed the killing because he wanted a death sentence rather than spending the rest of his life in prison.

Hart was killed just eight days before he was scheduled to be released, his daughter, Rebecca Hart, said. She stressed that her father’s life should not be reduced to Robertson’s case.

“When someone you love is taken from you in such a violent way, the world keeps moving, even when a part of yours feels like it has stopped,” she told reporters outside the prison. “Other people go on with their lives, but you carry your loss into every tomorrow.”

Hart was sent to prison in 2003 after being convicted of sexual battery.

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Robertson was 17 when he entered prison in 1980 after being convicted of burglary and assault. Later convictions for escape, battery and weapons offenses lengthened his time behind bars.

Florida had initially planned to execute two people Tuesday. However, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew the death warrant for William Lee Thompson, 74, the previous week. Thompson was sentenced to death for his role in the 1976 kidnapping and killing of 23-year-old Sally Ivester. He was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in connection with her death.

DeSantis did not explain why he halted the execution. He had temporarily stayed it the previous month while Thompson underwent a psychiatric evaluation, amid concerns about his mental competency and declining health. Thompson’s attorneys said he has dementia and serious health problems and are seeking his transfer to a medical facility.

It was the first time DeSantis had withdrawn a death warrant. Thompson remains on death row, and the governor could issue a new warrant in the future.

DeSantis is the third Florida governor to sign a death warrant for Thompson. Former Govs. Bob Graham and Bob Martinez also scheduled his execution in the 1980s, but years of appeals and stays kept him from facing the electric chair, Florida’s execution method at the time.

In July, Florida executed two prisoners in one day, the first time a state has done so in nearly a decade.

Florida has accelerated its pace of executions amid a flurry of death warrants signed by DeSantis since 2025. The governor oversaw a record 19 executions last year, more than any other Florida governor in a single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, accounting for approximately 40% of the U.S. total for 2025.

Last year, 47 executions were carried out nationwide, the highest annual total since 2009.

Florida has carried out more than half of the 31 total executions in the country so far this year.

Robertson was the Sunshine State’s 17th execution of 2026, with two more already scheduled, not including Thompson.

William Reaves, 77, who was convicted of fatally shooting a deputy in 1986, is scheduled to be executed Oct. 20. Jesse Guardado, 64, is scheduled to be executed Nov. 5 for robbing and killing a woman to buy drugs in 2004.

Andy Kiernan, Selma Blair’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, is urging fans to pray for the actress following her alleged mid-flight outburst.

Blair, 54, was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting two flight attendants and trying to open the plane’s door during a flight.

Kiernan has now addressed the incident, describing Blair as someone with a “good heart” who still needs professional help.

“Pray for Selma,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories Tuesday. “She has a good heart. She hasn’t yet got the help she needs. Pray that she does. She’s a human being like the rest of us. Pray for Arthur too.”

The Daily Mail has reached out to Kiernan and Blair’s representatives for comment.

Blair and Kiernan were first seen together in 2024, although it remains unclear whether they are currently in a relationship.

During a 2024 interview, Blair confirmed that she had found love but initially kept her partner’s identity private.

“He’s not in this business, although he has produced before. I wanted a Midwest man and I found a real Midwest man,” Blair told Us Weekly. “I saw him from across a table and now he’s my boyfriend.”

Kiernan’s message comes as Blair faces legal scrutiny over an incident aboard a Delta flight.

She is accused of injuring two flight attendants during a trip from Los Angeles to New York, then attacking a nurse and a police officer after the flight.

At a court hearing Monday, Blair pleaded not guilty to two second-degree assault charges involving the nurse and police officer.

She also faces separate federal charges stemming from the allegations that she injured the two flight attendants aboard the aircraft.

The actress appeared emotional during the hearing at Queens Criminal Court in New York. Wearing jeans and a white hooded sweatshirt, she stood in handcuffs and appeared to cry.

“This was not an intentional assault,” Blair’s attorney, Shawn Barnes, told the court Monday. He said Blair had missed several doses of “a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms.”

Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and has spoken publicly about the challenges of living with the condition.

Barnes also said Monday that Blair had been diagnosed with Parkinsonism, an umbrella term for nervous system disorders linked to movement problems including tremors, stiffness and involuntary muscle activity.

Blair is scheduled to return to court January 19. Under New York sentencing guidelines, she could receive up to seven years in prison if convicted on the state charges involving the nurse and police officer.

A court date has not been announced in the federal case, which concerns the alleged assaults aboard the plane.

Sources told PEOPLE that Blair is expected to face the federal allegations in petty violations court in Brooklyn.

A judge also granted the nurse who was allegedly kicked in the chest by Blair a temporary restraining order, according to People.  

Registered nurse Ashley DeLeo was allegedly kicked by Blair in the chest while helping with the star’s transport for additional medical care, the website reports. 

DeLeo said she endured substantial pain in her chest, an affidavit obtained by People said.  

Blair has been ordered to remain 100 yards away from DeLeo and avoid all contact with her, according to TMZ. The restraining order will remain in effect until October 11, 2027. 

Blair was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly attacked airplane attendants and attempted to open the aircraft door mid-flight. 

According to a law enforcement source, the FBI issued Blair a summons for alleged assaults within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

Blair’s lawyer told the court that the actress ‘boarded this flight after being on set and working extensive hours and exhaustive hours in the days leading up to this flight.’

He claimed that ‘at one point, during the flight, there was an incident where Miss Blair actually fell and hit her head.’

‘These factors, coupled with the altitude, resulted in a state of severe confusion and disorientation.’

Another lawyer defending the actress, Joshua Reitzas, called Blair ‘the gold standard’ and ‘someone we should look up to’ when considering ‘her body of work and what she’s done for people.’

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Judge Khan responded that ‘Ms. Blair should not get special treatment because she is a celebrity.’

The actress was pictured leaving court on Monday after Judge Khan set Blair’s bail at $20,000 in cash, or a $60,000 bond or partially secured bond.

Blair was arrested after allegedly attacking members of the flight crew aboard a Delta aircraft on Sunday – leaving distressed pilots asking for ‘medical help’ as they landed.

The actress reportedly attempted to open the aircraft door while the plane was in the air on its way to John F Kennedy International Airport from Los Angeles’ LAX, leading to a ‘confrontation’ with crew members.

It was claimed Blair punched one flight attendant and bit another, after trying to open the plane’s door in the middle of the flight – with Delta confirming the arrest to The Daily Mail.

Dispatch audio from ATC.com, obtained by CNN, indicated that a request initially went out for medics to meet the aircraft because two crew members needed care.

A later transmission stated that there was ‘a bloody nose as well as some bite marks’ – without saying who was hurt, and separately said that the passenger may have ‘bashed her head on the bulkhead.’

A Delta spokesman told The Daily Mail on Sunday: ‘Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first.’

After leaving the plane, Blair allegedly took her leg out of a stretcher’s straps and kicked at a Port Authority Police Officer’s face, neck and chest, the complaint indicated, as she was being transported in an ambulance from JFK Airport Terminal 4.

According to the legal complaint, after Blair was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, she kicked the chest of a registered nurse.

Both the nurse and police officer reported being in pain after being attacked, prosecutors said, adding that the officer had a swollen jaw.

A statement from New York Port Authority to The Daily Mail read: ‘On Sunday October 11 at approximately 11pm at JFK Airport, PAPD responded to a call about a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Airlines flight 938 which was parked at the gate after arrival from LAX.

‘Suspect was identified as Selma Blair, a 54 year-old woman. She was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for evaluation.

‘Two flight attendants also reported injuries, and one was transported to the hospital for further evaluation. The FBI is investigating this incident. For further information please reach out the airline and the FBI.’

An FBI spokesman told The Daily Mail: ‘The FBI is responsible for investigating all assaults aboard aircraft.

‘Yesterday, we were informed by our partners at Port Authority Police Department of a potential assault aboard a flight that arrived into JFK. As per long-standing DOJ policy, we do not comment on ongoing investigations. ‘

In 2016, Blair apologised following a incident aboard a Delta flight home from Cancun – where she allegedly mixed alcohol and medication.

Blair was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after she reportedly mixed alcohol and pills on a flight home from Cancun and began to scream about a man physically abusing her.

He burns my private parts. He won’t let me eat or drink. He beats me. He’s going to kill me,’ shouted Blair, who broke down in tears, fellow passengers told TMZ.

‘I made a big mistake yesterday. After a lovely trip with my son and his Dad, I mixed alcohol with medication, and that caused me to black out and led me to say and do things that I deeply regret,’ said Blair in a statement to Vanity Fair.

‘My son was with his Dad asleep with his headphones on, so there is that saving grace. I take this very seriously, and I apologize to all of the passengers and crew that I disturbed and am thankful to all of the people who helped me in the aftermath.

‘I am a flawed human being who makes mistakes and am filled with shame over this incident. I am truly very sorry.’

In 2018, Blair revealed her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, a central nervous system condition that damages nerves, affecting the electrical signals in the brain.

MS can cause muscle weakness, vision changes, numbness and memory loss.

At the time, she had taken to social media and penned: ‘I have #multiplesclerosis. I am in an exacerbation. By the grace of the lord, and will power and the understanding producers at Netflix, I have a job.

‘A wonderful job. I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken gps. But we are doing it.

‘And I laugh and I don’t know exactly what I will do precisely but I will do my best,’ Blair had continued.

She started using a cane, which she called a ‘necessity for me’ amidst her health troubles.

But last year, Blair was happy to tell People she was ‘truly relapse-free’ from symptoms and ‘feeling really well.’

A Queens nanny pushing a stroller was struck by a pickup truck Sunday morning after prosecutors said the driver ran a stop sign, killing the 1-year-old boy inside. The driver, who allegedly had cocaine in his system and an active DWI case, remained at the scene.

Elvin Rivera, 57, was behind the wheel of a white Chevrolet Silverado when he allegedly sped through a stop sign on 32nd Avenue in Murray Hill at about 8:30 a.m., hitting the nanny and baby Justin Hu, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

Emergency medical responders transported Justin and his nanny to a nearby hospital. The child was pronounced dead shortly afterward, while the nanny was treated for an injury to her right arm, authorities said.

Prosecutors said Rivera allegedly tested positive for cocaine and THC and failed a field sobriety test. They also disclosed that he had an unresolved DWI case in the Bronx stemming from an April incident.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz described Justin’s death as a “heartbreaking” tragedy that was “completely avoidable.”

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“Tragically, innocent victims are killed every day in this county due to drugged and reckless driving, and my office will aggressively seek justice for Justin Hu and his family,” Katz said in a statement.

Rivera faced multiple charges during his arraignment Monday, including manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, assault, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, driving while impaired, reckless driving and driving without a license.

Rivera pleaded not guilty. Judge Michael Katz ordered him held without bail and remanded him into custody.

If convicted on the top charge, Rivera could receive a prison sentence of up to 15 years.

An attorney representing Rivera did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

Rivera is scheduled to return to Queens Criminal Court on Oct. 19.