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Live updates: White House to hold first press briefing of Trump presidency
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.
Welcome, Podcasters! White House Wants New Media at the Press Briefing
President Trump’s press secretary invited social media influencers and content creators to sit with the traditional press corps.
Karoline Leavitt, youngest White House press secretary, to make briefing room debut
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.
Drones, Influencers and Medicaid: What to Know About the First White House Briefing of Trump’s Second Term
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media influencers.
White House press secretary says all illegal immigrants arrested are criminals: 'That's exactly what they are'
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White House defends freezing funds as 'reasonable' while Democrats express 'extreme alarm'
The order is "a potential five-alarm fire" for organizations that serve communities, nonprofit group executive says.
White House: N.J. mystery drones were authorized by FAA, ‘not the enemy’
Before taking questions at her first news briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave an update she said came ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: White House confirms outage of Medicaid portal
"The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X ...
White House says New Jersey drones that caused hysteria were ‘not the enemy’
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White House Reacts to Rising Egg Prices and Shortages
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shifted the blame of inflation on goods to former President Biden's ...
Confusion in Miami over federal grant freeze as White House works to clarify details
White House officials struggled to clarify the scope of sweeping action by President Donald Trump to freeze federal grant ...
White House pauses federal grant, loan and other assistance programs
The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, according to a memo.
A victory for Trump's 'FAFO': How the White House strong-armed one-time close ally Colombia over immigration
Colombia did an about-face at lightning-fast speed on accepting deportation flights in what President Donald Trump hailed as ...