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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Step Down at End of August

President Donald Trump announced that Karoline Leavitt will leave her role as White House Press Secretary after more than a year and a half in the position.

Aug 13, 2026, 2:38 PM NBC Politics

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President Donald Trump has announced that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down from her role at the end of August 2026. Leavitt has served as press secretary for over eighteen months.

This announcement was reported by NBC’s Garrett Haake for TODAY on August 13, 2026.

In related news covered by NBC Politics, other significant events include an Apache helicopter crash near Fort Hood resulting in two soldier fatalities, catastrophic flooding in the Midwest with more storms expected, and a woman rescued after 16 hours under earthquake debris in Colombia.

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