Breaking: WH Press Sec Karoline Leavitt to leave role, focus on family

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will be stepping down from her role to spend more time with her family, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.

Leavitt will be departing at the end of the month “so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, calling her “one of my most trusted aides.”

Trump added that Leavitt will now be “one of my top outside advisors” as well as an “influential voice within the Republican party” ahead of the midterm elections.

Leavitt had recently returned to work from maternity leave after welcoming her second child, a daughter, in May. 

“Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024,” Trump wrote. “Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office.”

Leavitt, in a post on X, thanked Trump for trusting her to speak on his behalf and said she “relished holding the liberal media accountable and ensuring the American people hear the truth about President Trump’s successes.”

“Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life, to say the least,” she added. “The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary – and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life.”

Leavitt added that she will continue to serve as a “top advisor” to Trump on the outside and said she will always be a “vocal advocate for MAGA.” 

“Our country is facing an existential threat from an increasingly extremist Democrat Party that seeks to destroy everything great about America, and I believe it is incumbent upon all of us who care about this country to fight back against that threat,” she said. “My fight is entering a new phase, but it is far from over.”