White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clashed with an NBC News correspondent over whether a video displayed by Donald Trump in the Oval Office during a meeting with South Africa’s president contained evidence of a “genocide” against white people is taking place in South Africa.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was one of the two Republicans to vote against the bill early Thursday morning. Ahead of the vote, he warned the bill would only increase the nation’s deficit by close to $30 trillion of new debt in the next decade.

Those responsible for the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday will be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law," according to the White House.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had an intriguing day at work, taking tough questions from a group of kids. It was “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day,” and the kids had plenty of questions for the press secretary. “How many people has he fired?” one of the kids asked her.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt began her press briefing on Thursday by addressing the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

Karoline Leavitt lambasted a Boston judge who said the Trump administration "unquestionably" violated a court order.

During the White House's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a mock press briefing for the children of staffers and journalists.

In April and May 2025, claims that a judge slapped White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spread online.  For example, a YouTube video (archived) that had 75,000 views as of this writing made the claim that the judge supposedly slapped Leavitt and then his "corrupt empire began to crumble": This claim was false.

During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt took questions from a child audience in honor of the White House’s annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day celebration.