{"id":2630344,"date":"2026-07-15T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-holding-first-press-briefing-since-maternity-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:14:54","slug":"karoline-leavitt-holding-first-press-briefing-since-maternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-holding-first-press-briefing-since-maternity-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt holding first press briefing since maternity leave"},"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\">18<\/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-holding-first-press-briefing-since-maternity-leave%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=2630344&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>Karoline Leavitt,the White House press secretary,is returning to her role after several months of leave taken for the birth of her second child.She resumed some duties in late June and is scheduled to brief reporters on Thursday, covering topics such as Iran, the midterm elections, and President Trump&#8217;s primetime speech. Leavitt, who is the first pregnant and youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history at age 28, previously announced her departure in April but briefly addressed the white House shooting in late April. During her leave,other officials,including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio,temporarily filled in for press briefings. Leavitt had also welcomed her daughter Viviana in may and returned to some work duties after maternity leave.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> is set to return to the podium on Thursday after taking months of leave for the birth of her second child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt is briefing reporters at the White House on Thursday afternoon, according to the White House schedule, when she will likely field questions about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a>, the midterm elections, and President Donald Trump\u2019s primetime speech to the nation that evening, among other issues. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650629\/trump-veterans-replace-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says \u2018proud American veterans\u2019 will replace illegal immigrant truck drivers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650313\/vance-trump-administration-botched-epstein-files-release-communications\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance admits Trump administration \u2018absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650072\/jd-vance-accuses-israel-paying-influencers-undermine-iran-negotiations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance accuses Israel of paying influencers to undermine Iran ceasefire talks<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes as Leavitt has been away from podium duties since starting her leave in late April. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The press secretary welcomed her baby girl, Viviana, in May and resumed some work duties in late June. Leavitt and her husband, Nick, tied the knot in January 2025, just days before Trump\u2019s inauguration. She is the first pregnant White House press secretary in U.S. history and also the youngest at 28 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt held her final press briefing before maternity leave on April 24, telling reporters she would return \u201cvery soon\u201d to the podium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prominent officials ranging from Vice President JD Vance to Secretary of State Marco Rubio filled in to replace her during White House press briefings conducted in her absence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walks on the North Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. 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(AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4619904\/trump-perfect-storm-midterm-elections\/\"><strong>TRUMP STARES DOWN A \u2018PERFECT STORM\u2019 AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS LOOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI told Karoline I would stand in for her today for the White House press briefing on the condition that when Usha has our baby in July, she would be vice president for a couple of weeks,\u201d Vance joked in May, referencing his wife\u2019s pregnancy with their fourth child. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/top-videos\/im-about-ready-to-have-a-baby-any-minute-leavitt-prepares-to-welcome-her-second-child-infant-children-son-daughter-husband-family-birth-pregnant-pregnancy-sonogram-maternity-leave-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump#\">maternity leave <\/a>was briefly broken when she returned to the podium on April 27 to address the shooting at the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner, where a shooter was charged with attempting to assassinate Trump. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leavitt returns to brief on Iran, midterms after maternity leave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2630346,"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\/2026\/07\/AP26196639217033.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[6200,32435,77220,41370,33936],"class_list":["post-2630344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-congresswoman","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-maternity-leave-2","tag-political-updates","tag-press-briefing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26196639217033.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630344","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630348,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630344\/revisions\/2630348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}