White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed for answers about Team Trump's idea for a spending freeze. It didn't go especially well.
Karoline Leavitt’s debut White House press briefing comments about condoms and the truth also drew intense scrutiny.
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.
On the one hand, Team Trump is launching legally dubious power grabs and wreaking havoc. On the other hand, these guys have no idea what they’re doing.
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.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to make her debut behind the podium as the White House holds its first official news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Leavitt is certain to get questions related to the White House budget office’s decision to pause all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
Officials at local and federal levels were baffled by reports of mystery drone sightings in New Jersey and parts of the Northeast.
"This was not the enemy," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said about New Jersey's mysterious drone sightings.
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When Leavitt, 27, walks out into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Tuesday, she'll be the youngest press secretary to do so, since Ronald Ziegler, who held the title in former President Ronald Reagan's White House at age 29.
The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs at the Office of Management and Budget, prompting criticism from congressional Democrats.
The White House said Sunday night that a U.S.-Colombia agreement had come together in the wake of a back-and-forth between the two countries over topics including immigration and tariffs.