Leavitt replaces Ronald Ziegler, who was previously the youngest press secretary at 29, when he took the position in 1969 under Richard Nixon’s administration. The White House press secretary ...

The Trump administration is holding its first White House press conference on Tuesday, with newly minted press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The grant pause is perhaps most similar to a federal government shutdown, when a congressional impasse on spending legislation delays federal payments for some state and local services.

Trump has picked his 27-year-old campaign press secretary to stand behind the podium in the White House briefing room.

but has not yet held a White House press briefing. Leavitt, 27, is the youngest press secretary in the nation's history — unseating President Richard Nixon’s press secretary Ron Ziegler ...

Karoline Leavitt is set Tuesday to preside over her first briefing with reporters as press secretary for President Trump’s White House. Leavitt was Trump’s top spokesperson along the 2024 campaign trail and has been one of his chief messengers during the early days of his second administration.

Karoline Leavitt is set Tuesday to preside over her first briefing with reporters as press secretary for President Trump’s White House ... previously held by Ron Ziegler, who worked as President ...

Kennedy faces skepticism from a key GOP senator: After he repeatedly challenged Kennedy’s views on vaccines, Sen. Bill Cassidy, the chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which held Thursday’s hearing, said he was “struggling” with Kennedy’s nomination.

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the Opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci and the Opinion writers David Wallace-Wells and Jessica Grose about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first of two confirmation hearings for secretary of health and human services.

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income. The school voucher bill passed the House