Today's story: Katie Zacharia is no longer the White House press secretary. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Katie Zacharia n’est plus porte-parole de la Maison-Blanche
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:36) More stories today
(01:33) Today's headline, slowly
(02:20) Time after an event
(03:12) A day and a short talk
(04:03) News still to come
(04:51) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-17
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Katie Zacharia n’est plus porte-parole de la Maison-Blanche
Katie Zacharia est retirée de son poste après seulement cinq jours à la Maison-Blanche.
Le président Donald Trump a choisi Katie Zacharia une semaine plus tôt pour remplacer Karoline Leavitt.
Mardi, elle a parlé environ dix minutes pendant sa seule conférence de presse.
Puis, elle a répondu aux questions de trois médias.
La Maison-Blanche n’a pas encore annoncé qui la remplacera.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (après)
- vocabulary (a choisi)
- vocabulary (Mardi)
- verb (répondre)
- vocabulary (pas encore)
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