{"id":2525286,"date":"2025-12-26T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-announces-pregnancy-with-second-child\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:35:12","slug":"karoline-leavitt-announces-pregnancy-with-second-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-announces-pregnancy-with-second-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt announces pregnancy with second child"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaroline-leavitt-announces-pregnancy-with-second-child%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2525286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House press secretary karoline Leavitt announced she is expecting her second child, becoming the first known pregnant press secretary in U.S. history. She shared the news on instagram with a photo by a Christmas tree, calling it the &#8220;best Christmas gift&#8221; and saying her heart is &#8220;overflowing with gratitude to God.&#8221; leavitt is due in May 2026 and revealed she is expecting a baby girl; she and her husband, Nick Riccio, welcomed their first son, Nicholas &#8220;niko&#8221; Robert Riccio, in July 2024.She thanked President Donald Trump and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles for fostering a &#8220;pro-family&#8221; environment, said West Wing colleagues are supportive of parents, and a senior White House official indicated she will remain in her role. Leavitt has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-discusses-several-key-issues-with-chinas-xi-jinping-declares-we-will-solve-many-problems-together\/\" title=\"Trump Discusses Several Key Issues with China&#039;s Xi Jinping, Declares &#039;We Will Solve Many Problems Together&#039;\">discussed balancing<\/a> motherhood and the job, including returning to work days after NikoS birth during a campaign crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Karoline Leavitt announces pregnancy with second child<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2456021\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> announced Friday that she is pregnant with her second child, becoming the first known pregnant press secretary in U.S. history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt posted the announcement on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/instagram\/\">Instagram<\/a> with a photo of her holding her stomach in front of a Christmas Tree, writing it&rsquo;s the &ldquo;best Christmas gift&rdquo; her family could ask for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4362141\/trump-isis-bad-christmas-present-nigeria-strikes\/\">Trump says ISIS &#8216;got a very bad Christmas present&#8217; with US strikes&nbsp;in Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4362050\/trump-white-house-ballroom-public-meeting\/\">Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom faces first public meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4362030\/trump-sights-peace-progress-netanyahu-zelensky-meetings\/\">Trump sets his sights on peace progress in the new year with Netanyahu and Zelensky meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;My husband and I are thrilled to grow our family and can&rsquo;t wait to watch our son become a big brother,&rdquo; Leavitt wrote. &ldquo;My heart is overflowing with gratitude to God for the blessing of motherhood, which I truly believe is the closest thing to Heaven on Earth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSvNvF0ke9V\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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This is Leavitt&rsquo;s second child with her husband, Nick Riccio. The couple welcomed their first son, Nicholas &ldquo;Niko&rdquo; Robert Riccio, in July 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary thanked President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> for his support:&nbsp;&ldquo;I am also extremely grateful to President Trump and our Chief of Staff <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susie-wiles\/\">Susie Wiles<\/a> for their support, and for fostering a pro-family environment in the White House,&rdquo; she wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/karoline-leavitt-expecting-baby-girl-may-2026-says-motherhood-closest-thing-heaven-earth\">Fox News Digital<\/a> that her West Wing colleagues support one another while raising families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nearly all of my West Wing colleagues have babies and young children, so we all really support one another as we tackle raising our families while working for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vice-president-pence-senate-majority-leader-mcconnell-and-house-minority-leader-mccarthy-wont-attend-president-trumps-goodbye-ceremony\/\" title=\"Republicans: Vice President Pence, Senate Majority Leader McConnell and House Minority Leader McCarthy, Won\u2019t Attend ...\u2019s Goodbye Ceremony\">greatest president<\/a> ever,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>A senior White House official told Fox News Digital that Leavitt will remain in her position as press secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt has discussed balancing her job as Trump&rsquo;s spokeswoman with her family in the past. In a 2024 interview with the <em>Conservateur<\/em>, she opened up about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theconservateur.com\/features\/wonder-woman-karoline-leavitt-her-life-as-a-new-mom-amp-trumps-spokeswoman\">returning to work four days after giving birth<\/a> to her first child because of Trump&rsquo;s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt compelled to be present in this historic moment,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The president literally put his life on the line to win this election. The least I could do is get back to work quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3923892\/trump-allies-promote-melania-documentary\/\"><strong>TRUMP ALLIES PROMOTE MELANIA DOCUMENTARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt told the outlet that the Trump team was &ldquo;welcoming&rdquo; when she revealed to them she was pregnant after they offered her the position as the spokeswoman for the then-former president&rsquo;s 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Knowing I was going to have a baby in the middle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >presidential campaign&#038;mdash<\/a>; which, I found out, is no easy thing to do&mdash; they couldn&rsquo;t have been more accepting and welcoming of me,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karoline Leavitt announces second pregnancy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2525287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karoline-Leavitt-speaks-from-the-White-House.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32435,7355,69525,69526],"class_list":["post-2525286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-motherhood","tag-pregnancy-announcement","tag-second-child"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karoline-Leavitt-speaks-from-the-White-House.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525290,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525286\/revisions\/2525290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2525287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}