White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, will leave her role at the end of the month, according to President Donald Trump. Leavitt was appointed to the position in 2022 and is one of the youngest people to hold the job. She will become an outside communications adviser for Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement after leaving the White House. Leavitt has said she wants to spend more time with her young children, whom she recently returned from maternity leave for.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her job at the end of the month, announced U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. This departure comes ahead of November's midterm elections, which will be a key test for the president and his administration. Leavitt, 28 years old, has been in the role since 2018 and has been described by Trump as "one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office." She will be leaving to spend more time with her young children, having recently returned from maternity leave after giving birth to a daughter in May. Leavitt's departure marks the end of an era at the White House, where she and communications director Steven Cheung implemented significant changes to media access policies, including limiting which journalists receive access to the president. The Trump administration began "hand-picking" journalists for access, departing from the long-standing system set up by the independent White House Correspondents' Association. Now, the White House must find a new press secretary to manage the complex role of communicating with the press and advising the president on media strategy.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave job at month's end, Trump says
Leavitt says job has been the 'adventure of a lifetime'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday, leaving the president without one of his most trusted advisers ahead of November's midterm elections.
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Leavitt will be an outside communications adviser and party operative shaping the future contours of Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement, she and Trump said in statements.
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In a social media post, Leavitt, 28, said she aimed to spend more time with her young children.
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She gave birth to a daughter, her second child, in May and recently returned from maternity leave.
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"Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024," Trump said in a social media post, calling Leavitt "one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office."
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Leavitt called her role at the White House "the honor and adventure of a lifetime."
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Leavitt joined Trump's 2024 campaign and served as transition spokesperson before Trump selected her to be White House press secretary.
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She was the youngest person to be appointed to the role.
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Trump did not outline plans for who might replace her in the high-profile job.
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Leavitt 'spoke Trump fluently'
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"Few could or will ever compare to Karoline," said Harrison Fields, Trump's former principal deputy press secretary.
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"She's someone who not only spoke Trump fluently, she knew how to feed the media beast in a cunning, audacious and successful way that, most importantly, played to her audience: the president."
In her year and a half on the job, Leavitt and White House communications director Steven Cheung transformed the administration's posture toward the media — in ways that some of Trump's allies cheered and free press advocates criticized.
The Trump administration began hand-picking which journalists receive access to the president, jettisoning the long-running system set up by the independent White House Correspondents' Association.
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The press pool was traditionally a rotation chosen by the industry group to ensure media outlets had uniform access to the president and could relay his activities to the public and to other journalists who could not attend smaller gatherings.
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As part of that process, the Trump administration press office created a special "new media" seat in the briefing room that gave podcasts, newsletters and fledgling digital outlets a more prominent role in covering the presidency.
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Some press advocates hailed the move as a recognition of the changing media landscape.
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Others criticized it as a lever the administration could use to reward outlets whose coverage it saw as favourable.
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