Trump’s new messenger: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.

In today’s edition, Megan Brand takes stock of the debut of the new White House press secretary. Plus, Natasha Korecki examines whether Republicans may have a surprise opportunity for a breakthrough in the Midwest.

President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia held an unusually short first briefing with the media today, concluding after less than 15 minutes and calling on just three reporters, all from conservative outlets.

Zacharia spent more than half of that time reading remarks before taking questions from Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail.

In response to one question, she also revealed that the administration has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign following allegations of misconduct.

Zacharia spent most of her remarks touting the president’s policies and framed her new position as a job to “amplify” the president, something she said she’d done as a conservative commentator. She referred to those appearances, telling reporters that she hopes to “take that into an official capacity.”

Now, Zacharia said, she…

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