♦ US President-elect Donald Trump named Karoline Leavitt (27) the White House press secretary on 16 November 2024. She becomes the youngest press secretary in White House history. Karoline worked most recently as Trump's campaign press secretary after serving in his first term as an assistant to four White House press secretaries. 

♦ Leavitt began her career in the Trump administration shortly after graduating in 2019, where she initially served as a presidential writer, and later as assistant press secretary.