Donald Trump says Leavitt is leaving her role to spend more time with "her beautiful young children"

President Trump announced Wednesday on Truth Social that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post at the end of August, saying she wants to spend more time with her young family. Leavitt, who gave birth to her second child in May and recently returned to work, will become one of Trump’s top outside advisers and an influential Republican voice as the midterms approach. Trump praised her tenure and thanked her, while Leavitt called the decision bittersweet and said she could not give her two children the attention they deserve while holding such a demanding job. No successor was named. At 28, she was the youngest press secretary in U.S. history.