Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary just days into the job, CBS News and Fox News reported Friday. She is being removed from the role after five days, two U.S. officials said, according to CBS News. She is leaving after seven days, a source familiar with the matter said, according to Fox News. A senior White House official said she is "transitioning out" of the role, Fox reported.

Outlets describe her exit in different ways. A White House official said she was fired, The Guardian reported. CBS reported that The New York Times first reported she had been fired as press secretary. CBS also reported that she was expected to start a new role in the administration soon, according to sources familiar with the discussions. NBC News reported that a senior administration official said she is transitioning into a new role that would be announced later.

Before the news broke, Trump said he had told her that if he were in her shoes, he would "reconsider" taking the job, CBS reported. "They've been so nasty to her," Trump said of the press, according to CBS. Asked whether he had fired her, Trump said, "No no. I want her to have a good life," Fox News reported. Asked whether he would keep her on, Trump said, "I'm going to let her make that decision," NBC reported.

She was seen at the White House as recently as Friday morning and did not immediately reply to a request for comment, CBS reported. She was scheduled to have dinner Friday night with Vice President JD Vance and his family, according to two sources cited by NBC. The White House has not said who may replace her, according to CBS, which noted the change came one week to the day after Trump named her.

Her week was marked by a heavily criticized first briefing on Tuesday and questions over whether she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer, CBS reported. The briefing lasted 14 minutes, and she took only three questions, Fox reported. In a Fox News interview Thursday, she said she had very little time to prepare, CBS reported. On Wednesday, White House communications director Steven Cheung called her "uniquely qualified," Fox reported. She graduated from Pepperdine's law school but failed the California bar exam in 2011, which she acknowledged Thursday, CBS reported. Earlier this week, the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the State Bar of California, NBC reported. Her exit leaves the job empty less than three weeks before the midterm elections, NBC reported.

What we know: Zacharia is out as press secretary one week after Trump named her, and Trump said he urged her to reconsider the job.
What we don't: Whether she was fired or is moving to another role, what that role would be, and who will replace her.