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Leavitt to exit as White House press secretary

August 13, 2026

Karoline Leavitt is giving up the White House podium, with Trump saying Wednesday that his press secretary departs before August ends.

CNBC reports that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post by the end of August, and attributes the announcement to President Donald Trump, who spoke on Wednesday. The Guardian and CNN carry the same account. Bloomberg, Axios, Al Jazeera and The Washington Post also tie the departure to Leavitt's exit from the role, and the end-of-August timing is consistent across the outlets carrying the event.

The outlets differ mainly in emphasis, not substance. The Financial Times frames the exit around Trump himself, casting Leavitt as a press secretary the president favored, while most of the others report the departure straight. The Washington Post folds the news into its wider coverage of the administration's day. None of this changes what a reader concludes: every outlet carrying the event agrees on who is leaving, what post, and when.

What is settled is the core fact: Leavitt departs the press secretary role by the end of August, on Trump's own account. What the record does not yet carry is why she is leaving or who replaces her.

Still developing

The reason for Leavitt's departure and the identity of her successor have not been reported by any outlet in the record.

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