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Meet Donald Trump’s new press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 27, as she becomes youngest person to hold coveted position
The young mom got her start at Fox News
DONALD Trump's new press secretary is the youngest person ever to hold the powerful position.
Karoline Leavitt, 27, has already made waves on her first full day as the White House press secretary. On Tuesday, she teased a "massive" announcement from the president.
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The job hasn't been held by anyone under 30 since 1969 under former President Richard Nixon's administration.
In a statement announcing her appointment in November, Trump said, "Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator."
"I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium and help deliver our message to the American people," he added.
In response to a video of workers cleaning the White House briefing room, Leavitt shared her excitement about her new position on X.
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On January 20, she wrote, "Thank you to the hardworking White House staff for preparing for our arrival. See you soon!"
Hours later, she posted a picture from the Capitol Rotunda.
";The Golden Age of America has begun," she wrote.
Leavitt previously served as the national press secretary for Trump's 2024 campaign.
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She also served as Trump's assistant press secretary during his last administration when she was just fresh out of college.
The New Hampshire native graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2019 with communications and political science degrees.
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She started her career as an intern at Fox News during college.
Before Leavitt's senior year of college, she also interned in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence.
After graduating, she worked as Kayleigh McEnany's assistant press secretary during Trump's first presidency.
Her website stated that Leavitt helped prepare McEnany, another Fox News media personality, for "high-pressure briefings."
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- Stephen Miller - Deputy Chief of Staff
- Bill McGinley - White House counsel
- Tom Homan - "Border Czar"
- Elise Stefanik - Ambassador to the United Nations
- Lee Zeldin - Environmental Protection Agency administrator
- Marco Rubio - Secretary of State
- Kristi Noem - Homeland Security Secretary
- Mike Huckabee - Ambassador to Israel
- John Ratcliffe - CIA director
- Pete Hegseth - Secretary of Defense
- Mike Waltz - National Security Advisor
- Steven Witkoff - Middle East envoy
- Elon Musk - Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
- Tim Scott - Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence
- Pam Bondi - nominated for Attorney general just hours after Gaetz's withdrawal
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Jay Clayton - US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- Doug Burgum - Department of Interior
- Todd Blanche - Deputy Attorney General
- Karoline Leavitt - White House Press Secretary
- Chris Wright - Energy Secretary
- Doug Collins - Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- William McGinley - White House Counsel
- Steven Cheung - White House Communications Director
- William Owen Scharf - Assistant to the President and White House Staff Secretary
- Dean John Sauer - Solicitor General of the US
- Commissioner Brendan Carr - Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
- Linda McMahon: Education Secretary
- Matthew Whitaker - NATO ambassador
- Scott Bessent - Treasury Secretary
- Keith Kellogg - Special envoy to Russia, Ukraine
- Warren Stephens - Ambassador to the UK
She served as a communications director for House Republican Elise Stefanik following the end of Trump's administration.
After years of working in communications, Leavitt tried her own hand in politics.
She launched her bid for the US House of Representatives in New Hampshire in 2022, campaigning on her conservative values and gun rights.
Leavitt won the Republican primary in an upset victory in September 2022.
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Trump congratulated her on her victory "against all odds," adding that she had "wonderful energy and wisdom."
She went on to lose the general election to incumbent Democrat Chris Pappas.
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Leavitt got engaged to entrepreneur Nicholas Riccio, 59, in December 2023.
She gave birth to their son, Nicholas, in July 2024.
The mom was back to work almost immediately, speaking on television just four days after giving birth.
Leavitt said she was inspired to get back on the campaign trail after she watched gunman Thomas Crooks attempt to assassinate Trump during his rally on July 13, 2024.
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“I looked at my husband and said, ‘Looks like I’m going back to work,'" Leavitt told conservative outlet in October.
Leavitt said Trump has a "big" infrastructure announcement coming on Tuesday at 4 pm.
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