White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her briefing debut on Tuesday, where she sparred with reporters over a federal freeze on grants and made clear that President Donald Trump himself will be the administration's main messenger.
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The press secretary also defended Trump’s recent executive order redefining sex as strictly male or female based on birth, eliminating federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Leavitt described the policy as restoring “sanity” in the face of “wokeness.”
That has left Trump more emboldened than ever — and with a long to-do list. He’s launched into a frenetic pace of appearances that is a dramatic departure from his predecessor, Joe Biden, who often faded from public view by his own staff’s design.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to ever hold that office, made her debut Tuesday in the first White House briefing of Donald Trump's second term in office.
The Trump administration is holding its first White House press conference on Tuesday, with newly minted press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
In a social media post, Trump questioned the tactics of the military helicopter and the air traffic controllers — both agencies that report to him as the president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
Later on, just before 11:30 a.m., the President delivered remarks about the crash to press in the White House briefing room. He was joined by Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Donald Trump 2.0 is, so far, very much the same as his first go around. NEW YORK (AP) — The marathon Q&A sessions are back, along with the cream Oval Office rug and the Diet Coke button on the Resolute Desk.
Donald Trump has signed a vague executive order that would eliminate funding for any schools involved in what he considers “indoctrination.”