Karoline Leavitt talks drones, egg prices, and funding freeze: Top takeaways from first press briefing

Published January 28, 2025 4:06pm ET



White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted President Donald Trump‘s executive efforts in office and slammed former President Joe Biden’s previous administration during her first briefing Tuesday.

Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in the nation’s history at 27, took several questions without a binder full of notes to guide her answers, a stark departure from her Democratic predecessor, Karine Jean-Pierre.

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