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White House plans guest hosts for press briefings while Karoline Leavitt takes maternity leave
The White House will rotate Trump, JD Vance and Cabinet officials through briefings while Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave, with no formal replacement named.
- On Friday, April 24, 2026, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held her final press gaggle before departing on maternity leave to welcome her second child.
- Leavitt, the youngest person ever to serve as White House press secretary at 28, previously returned to work just four days after her son Niko's birth in July 2024.
- The White House will not name a formal replacement; instead, Communications Director Steven Cheung will oversee operations while Vice President JD Vance, Cabinet officials, or President Donald Trump may occasionally brief the press.
- "This will likely be my last gaggle for some time," Leavitt told reporters on Friday, while joking that they all have the president's phone number personally.
- Under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, federal employees generally receive 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and Leavitt is expected to return to the podium after her maternity leave concludes.
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White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt announced that she will soon be on maternity leave to receive her second child.
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Karoline Leavitt is heading out on maternity leave, and Donald Trump will be stepping in to give some of his own press briefings. At the end of a press gaggle outside on Friday, Leavitt addressed the fact that she would be heading out on maternity leave shortly, and that the day’s conversation with the press was likely her last for a while. She assured reporters that, since they had access to Trump’s phone, they likely would not need her departm…
The White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, goes to Mutterschutz. The 28-year-old said goodbye to journalists at the White House on Friday. "As you can see, I can have a baby at any time," she said. "I know that you will be in very good hands with my team here at the White House. And I know that you all have the president's phone number personally," said Leavitt jokingly. She will now "don't hold press conferences for a while." The speaker i…
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