Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News

Fox News reports that Leavitt, 29, will provide commentary across the Fox News lineup[3] and starts on Nov. According to the network, she was press secretary from January 2025 until August 2026.[3]Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement, quoted by CBS News, that Leavitt's "firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today's political landscape"[4].CBS News reports that Leavitt said she would bring "the same energy and candor that defined my tenure"[4] to Fox's viewers.CNN reports that Leavitt left her role as press secretary to devote more time to her two young children[2]. CNN also says she remains in the president's orbit, however, working at the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. super PAC.[2]According to CNN, Trump announced on August 12 that Leavitt was leaving the White House, and he has yet to name a replacement.[2]The Associated Press, via KSL, reports that Trump has an increasingly thorny relationship with the network[5].NBC News notes that Kayleigh McEnany, another former Trump press secretary, joined Fox in 2021 and now co-hosts the daytime talk show "Outnumbered"[1].