White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/a> made her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday, spending about 47 minutes answering questions from the White House<\/a> press corps, promising to speak frequently with the news media and opening up the briefing room to social media influencers and podcasters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump is back, and the golden age of America has most definitely begun,\u201d she said as Tuesday\u2019s briefing kicked off.<\/p>\n She took a combative tone with those covering the White House and President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> administration, echoing her boss\u2019 longtime hostility toward many legacy media outlets and outlining what to expect with how the White House will handle media during Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n Leavitt committed to \u201ctelling the truth from this podium every single day,\u201d and said the White House would \u201ccall out\u201d media outlets for pushing any perceived misinformation.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe know for a fact that there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets about this president,\u201d Leavitt said to the reporters in the room.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile I vow to provide the truth from this podium, we ask that all of you in this room hold yourselves to that same standard.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMillions of Americans, especially young people, have turned from traditional television outlets and newspapers to consume their news from blogs, social media and other independent outlets,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt is essential to our team that we share President Trump\u2019s message everywhere and adapt this White House to the new media landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n Leavitt also announced that the Trump administration has introduced a \u201cnew media\u201d seat in the James S. Brady Briefing Room; a move she said would \u201cwelcome independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this White House.\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWhether you are a TikTok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster, if you are producing legitimate news content \u2026 you will be allowed to apply,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Read on to learn more about Leavitt\u2019s rise in politics, other controversial topics she touched on in Tuesday\u2019s briefing and how her debut became a history-making event.<\/p>\n Leavitt\u2019s appointment as press secretary at the age of 27 secures her as the youngest person to ever hold the job, beating out Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he served under President Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n Leavitt attended at Saint Anselm College, a liberal arts school in Manchester, N.H., on an athletic scholarship. She played on the softball team and graduated in 2019 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in politics and communication, the first in her immediate family to earn a college degree.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n In 2016 she interned at Fox News during the New Hampshire primary.<\/p>\n Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe NH Primary is how my love for politics and media originated,\u201d Leavitt wrote on a post shared to her Instagram last year. \u201cFrom that week on, I knew what I wanted to do for my career.\u201d<\/p>\n During Trump\u2019s first presidency, Leavitt worked as an assistant press secretary and presidential writer. When he lost re-election in 2020, she began working as communications director for New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik.<\/p>\n In 2022, Leavitt ran for Congress in New Hampshire\u2019s 1st District. She won the Republican nomination but lost the general election to Democrat Chris Pappas.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Eventually, Leavitt made her way back to Trump\u2019s team, serving as his national press secretary during his 2024 campaign and spokesperson for his transition team.<\/p>\n Leavitt is the sixth working mother in a row to hold the job of press secretary, joining President Joe Biden\u2019s Karine Jean-Pierre and Jen Psaki and Trump\u2019s first-term press secretaries, Kayleigh McEnany, Stephanie Grisham and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.<\/p>\n She returned to work \u201cjust days\u201d after giving birth to her son, Nicholas, in July 2024.<\/p>\n Speaking to The Conservateur in October, she said she was just three days into her maternity leave<\/a>, watching television and relaxing at home with her newborn, when she watched Trump get shot<\/a> at a rally in Butler, Penn.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cI looked at my husband and said, \u2018Looks like I\u2019m going back to work,\u2019\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n
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