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Workers Begin Adding Trump Name to Kennedy Center

Kennedy family ridicules the move

(Newser) - Members of the Kennedy family are strongly objecting to a move to rebrand the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the "Trump-Kennedy Center." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the name change Thursday , saying a board appointed by Trump earlier this year had unanimously...

Photographer Defends White House Close-Ups

Vanity Fair photographer says extreme close-ups are part of his style and were not an attack

(Newser) - Photographer Christopher Anderson is taking a lot of flak over close-up photos in a Vanity Fair article that ruffled the Trump administration , but he rejects accusations that he was being unfair. He tells the Washington Post that extreme close-ups have long been his style. "I have done it to...

ICE Detainee Tied to Press Secretary Has Message for Her

Brazilian national Bruna Ferreira alleges wrongful ICE detention, separation from 11-year-old son

(Newser) - The woman whose ICE detention unexpectedly drew in the White House press secretary is back home in Massachusetts—but she says she still hasn't seen her 11-year-old son. Bruna Ferreira, a 33-year-old Brazilian national and former fiancee of Michael Leavitt—the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt...

White House Press Briefing Gets Heated

CNN's Kaitlan Collins presses Karoline Leavitt on inflation, economy claims

(Newser) - A question about Christmas toys set off the latest skirmish between the Trump White House and CNN's Kaitlan Collins. During Thursday's briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on why President Trump recently told parents to buy fewer toys for their children if, as he claims, the economy...

ICE Detainee With Ties to Leavitt Is Freed on Bond

Bruna Ferreira has a child with Karoline Leavitt's brother

(Newser) - One of the more high-profile detainees at an immigration detention center has been released on a $1,500 bond as she fights to stay in the country. As the Washington Post reports, the woman is 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira, and her arrest last month in Massachusetts made headlines because she is...

Leavitt Defends Trump's 'Piggy' Remark to Reporter

She says voters appreciate his 'frankness'

(Newser) - The White House is defending President Trump's latest verbal attack on a female journalist, arguing that his bluntness is part of what voters want. In a Thursday briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump's "frankness" is why he won a second term, after he called Bloomberg News...

Trump on Mamdani: 'We'll Work Something Out'

President says he and the mayor-elect will likely meet

(Newser) - President Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they'll "work something out," in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each other as political foils. Trump has...

Attendee's Collapse Interrupts Oval Office News Conference

White House's Mehmet Oz helped the man, who is said to be OK

(Newser) - A White House press conference took an unexpected turn Thursday when one of the attendees collapsed, reports People . White House officials hustled reporters out of the room, and President Trump said later that the man was OK. "You saw he went down. And he's fine," Trump said,...

Trump's UN Trip Hit by Escalator, Teleprompter Woes

White House hints at sabotage, the UN points to user error

(Newser) - President Trump's arrival at the United Nations General Assembly in New York took an awkward turn on Tuesday after back-to-back technical hiccups left him visibly annoyed. As Trump and first lady Melania Trump stepped onto an escalator at UN headquarters, the machine abruptly stopped, forcing the pair to...

Trump Won't Name Epstein Special Prosecutor

President doesn't feel it's necessary, says press chief

(Newser) - President Trump is not going to name a special prosecutor to investigate his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, says White House press chief Karoline Leavitt. "The president would not recommend [a] special prosecutor in the Epstein case," she told reporters on Thursday, reports Politico . "...

Assad Isn't Off the Hook in Latest Trump Move on Syria

President is set to issue EO on Monday on lifting sanctions against nation, but not against ex-leader

(Newser) - President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday ending US sanctions on Syria, following through on his earlier promise to do so. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to "promote and support the country's path to stability and peace,"...

Deaf Nonprofit Sues White House Over MIA Interpreters

National Association of the Deaf says WH should make sign language available once more for events

(Newser) - A deaf advocacy nonprofit has filed a complaint against the White House over the latter's sudden removal of sign language interpreters at press conferences and other public events since President Trump once again assumed the Oval Office in January. "Defendants are now denying hundreds of thousands of deaf...

Abrego Garcia 'Will Never Live in the US,' Says Press Secretary

Trump administration releases documents related to his 2019 arrest

(Newser) - The White House press secretary on Wednesday made it abundantly clear the Trump administration has no intention of "facilitating" Kilmar Ábrego García's return to the US after he was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court's order to that effect. "...

WH Officials Refuse to Answer Emails With Pronouns in Signature

It's not clear if this is an official White House policy

(Newser) - Some journalists are reporting that Trump administration officials are refusing to engage with reporters who list their pronouns in their signatures, the AP reports. According to an account in the New York Times , White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to a reporter's email inquiry with the message:...

'Attack Plans' Versus 'War Plans'


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Legal Angle Emerges in Signal Controversy

And Trump nemesis Boasberg has been assigned the case

(Newser) - The White House is digging in on the Signal breach controversy, insisting that the information discussed in a text group wasn't as sensitive as critics allege. For proof, press chief Karoline Leavitt noted that a new Atlantic headline refers to "attack plans" instead of "war plans" and...

Fired FTC Commissioner: 'This Is Corruption'

2 Democrats say they were illegally fired by Trump

(Newser) - Markets "should be very concerned" by President Trump's actions at the Federal Trade Commission, says one of two Democratic commissioners fired on Tuesday. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter says she was "illegally fired" by Trump, who violated "the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent,...

White House Press Secretary Talks 32-Years-Older Hubby

Karoline Leavitt says 'atypical love story' works for her

(Newser) - Acknowledging that "it's a very atypical love story," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt opened up about her marriage during a recent interview on Megyn Kelly's podcast that is just now being widely reported. Leavitt, 27, met Nicholas Riccio, 59, in 2022, when she was running...

Musk's Email Demand Got 1M Responses

But that's less than half of federal workers

(Newser) - More than 1 million federal employees have responded to the controversial email asking them to explain five tasks they accomplished in the last week, according to the White House. That's a significant number, but one that represents less than half of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees, per...

White House to Take Control of Press Pool

Move is a break from a century of tradition

(Newser) - The White House said Tuesday that its officials "will decide" which news outlets can regularly cover President Trump up close—a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf...

In First Briefing, Leavitt Delivers Update on Drones

'This was not the enemy,' she says of NJ sightings

(Newser) - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first press briefing on Tuesday—and before taking questions, she said she had an update on the New Jersey drone sightings . Leavitt, saying she was delivering a message directly from President Trump, told reporters the drones were "not the enemy,"...

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