Doocy Asks Zacharia "White House or Midterms?" She Doesn't Answer

Zacharia: "Real wages are up 1.2%"

WEEKLY PAY

Real weekly earnings: +1.24% from Jan. 2025 to July 2026. By Sept. 2026: +0.94%.

HOURLY PAY

Real hourly earnings (1982-84 dollars): 11.24 in Jan. 2025, 11.24 in Sept. 2026. No change.

UNDER BIDEN

-3.9% weekly, but Jan. 2021 started high: pandemic layoffs hit low-paid workers first.

Source: BLS series CES0500000012 and CES0500000013, pulled Oct. 14, 2026; FactCheck.org, June 2024

Finding, as publishedMIXEDMixedMIXED

Said at 2:54 in the source footage by Katie Zacharia.

Zacharia: "first president in modern history to actually lower prescription drug prices"

63 YEARS

True. July 2026: -3.06% in a year, the biggest drop since 1963. Sept. 2026: -4.48%.

FIRST PRESIDENT

False. The same index fell under Trump in 2019 (-2.02%) and under Biden in 2021 (-2.72%).

THE CATCH

It tracks list prices, not what you pay after rebates.

Source: BLS consumer price index, prescription drugs (CUUR0000SEMF01), pulled Oct. 14, 2026

Finding, as publishedMISLEADINGMixedMISLEADING

Said at 3:18 in the source footage by Katie Zacharia.

Zacharia: trafficking "down 56%," deaths "plunged 22%... because of President Trump"

56%

That's seizures, not trafficking. Southwest border seizures fell about 46% in fiscal 2025, and were already falling in 2024.

22%

CDC: fentanyl deaths fell 21% in 2025, from 48,662 to 38,462.

BEFORE HIM

Deaths peaked in mid-2023. In the year before he took office, they fell 34%.

Source: CDC provisional overdose data (Dec. 2024, Dec. 2025); WOLA citing CBP, Nov. 2025; White House border page

Finding, as publishedMISLEADINGMixedMISLEADING

Said at 7:58 in the source footage by Katie Zacharia.

Zacharia: "We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign"

THE ALLEGATION

Wall Street Journal: she asked Trump donor Eric Deters to pay a $100,000 American Express bill before her 2025 confirmation, for access to officials. Deters says he didn't pay.

HER SIDE

Guilfoyle: "These allegations are false."

THE PROBE

NBC News: the State Department inspector general is investigating.

Source: NBC News, Oct. 13, 2026 (citing the Wall Street Journal); CNBC, Oct. 13, 2026

Finding, as publishedTRUESupportedPAID

Said at 11:16 in the source footage by Alina Shirazi, Katie Zacharia.

Zacharia: "I'm a lawyer"

THE DEGREE

A law degree from Pepperdine, per Zacharia and the White House.

THE BAR

Popular Information searched bar records in all 50 states and D.C.: no admission found.

HER ANSWER

Asked which state she passed the bar in: "When I moved to China." Statement: "all the appropriate credentials."

Source: Popular Information, Oct. 13, 2026; Business Insider, Oct. 13, 2026

Finding, as publishedUNPROVENSee the recordUNPROVEN

Said at 14:52 in the source footage by Donald Trump.