1. Karoline Claire Leavitt is an American spokesperson who has served as the White House press secretary since 2025.
36 Facts About Karoline Leavitt
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Karoline Leavitt was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district in 2022.
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Karoline Leavitt interned in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence and later became its associated director.
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In June 2020, Karoline Leavitt was named as a White House press secretary.
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In July 2021, Karoline Leavitt announced her campaign for the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district.
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Karoline Leavitt won the Republican primary, though she lost to Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas.
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Karoline Leavitt is the youngest press secretary in US history.
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Karoline Claire Leavitt was born on August 24,1997, in Atkinson, New Hampshire.
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Karoline Leavitt was born the fourth and youngest child to Bob and Erin Leavitt.
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Karoline Leavitt's family owns an ice cream stand in Atkinson and her father owns a used truck dealership in Plaistow.
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Karoline Leavitt attended Central Catholic High School, a private Catholic school in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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Karoline Leavitt played softball and was named an Eagle-Tribune All-Star in 2014 and 2015.
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Karoline Leavitt began attending Saint Anselm College in 2015, where she received a scholarship to play softball and majored in communications and minored in political science.
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Karoline Leavitt interned with NBC Sports Boston but later shifted towards political journalism.
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Karoline Leavitt became involved with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics her sophomore year; as the institute's ambassador, she interned for a United States senator and WMUR.
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Karoline Leavitt applied for an internship at Fox News, but later interned as a writer for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence writing letters and notes on behalf of the president.
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Karoline Leavitt founded Saint Anselm's broadcasting club and wrote for its paper, the Saint Anselm Crier.
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Karoline Leavitt later described herself as the "token conservative" on campus, and her writings reflected a conservative viewpoint.
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Karoline Leavitt graduated in 2019, becoming the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college.
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Karoline Leavitt attended a nomination ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett in the White House Rose Garden, an event that later served as the beginning of the White House COVID-19 outbreak; Leavitt later tested positive for the virus.
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On July 19,2021, Karoline Leavitt announced her intention to run in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district as a Republican in an interview with WMUR.
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Karoline Leavitt stated that she was encouraged to run after president Joe Biden reversed many of the policies enacted by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and after Twitter erroneously suspended her account while she was working for Stefanik.
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Karoline Leavitt concluded her campaign with a gun shoot at a fish and game club.
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Karoline Leavitt was featured in a video produced for Project 2025 training political appointees on how to counter the federal bureaucracy.
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Karoline Leavitt began working for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign in January 2024 as his national press secretary.
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In December 2023, Karoline Leavitt became engaged to Nicholas Riccio, a self-made real estate developer 32 years her senior.
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Karoline Leavitt had a son with Riccio in July 2024, days before Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump.
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Chris LaCivita, the campaign's co-manager, offered her a month of parental leave; Karoline Leavitt requested ten days.
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Karoline Leavitt returned to work hours after the assassination attempt.
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Karoline Leavitt is the youngest White House press secretary in history.
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Karoline Leavitt was given a smaller office in the West Wing in comparison to her predecessors, with the office reserved for press secretaries instead being occupied by Taylor Budowich, the deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel.
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Karoline Leavitt gave her first press conference on January 28,2025, beginning the briefing by seeking to elevate non-traditional media.
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Karoline Leavitt's tenure marked a separation from precedent, particularly with treatment of traditional media.
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Karoline Leavitt supported Donald Trump's immigration policies and opposed vaccine mandates.
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Karoline Leavitt is a proponent of repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which provides service providers immunity from liability for third-party content generated by users.
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Karoline Leavitt has falsely stated that Trump is the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election and that "irregularities and chaos" occurred as a result of deceiving precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, but that Joe Biden was certified in the Electoral College vote count.