Former · Jan 2025 – Aug 2026
Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary
Atkinson, New Hampshire. Softball scholarship. White House intern. Youngest press secretary in American history — 27 when she took the podium.
- On the file
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- Of 13
- 12
- The building
- Out
Career
Awards, firsts, the work
Saint Anselm, softball, the politics degree
Central Catholic in Lawrence, then Saint Anselm College on a softball scholarship. Politics and communication, class of 2019. A Fox News internship during the 2016 race. She was 15 when Obama won a second term. She was 18 when Trump came down the escalator.
SourceEncyclopaedia BritannicaFrom correspondence intern to the briefing room
White House Office of Presidential Correspondence, then associate director, then assistant press secretary in June 2020. After the first term: spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., then the 2024 campaign. The ladder is the point. She did not skip a rung.
SourceBoston GlobeYoungest White House press secretary ever
Named in November 2024. Took the podium in January 2025 at 27. First to hold the job while pregnant. Among Trump’s five press secretaries, the second-longest tenure. She left August 2026 and went back to MAGA Inc. The record — youngest, ever — does not leave with her.
SourceBoston Globe