Leavitt will return to Trump-aligned super PAC to spend more time with children

Published August 22, 2026 2:15pm ET | Updated August 22, 2026 2:15pm ET



White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday that she will be returning to the Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc. after exiting the White House.

Leavitt said that she is leaving her role at the White House so she can spend more time with her children, having given birth to her second child earlier this year. The press secretary gave birth to her first child in 2024, cutting her maternity leave short to just a few days after then-candidate Donald Trump faced an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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