In a briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about President Donald Trump’s priorities for renovating parts of the White House campus. Leavitt did not say the ballroom is Trump’s priority among all policies, such as inflation and health care.

Top Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives have taken a Thursday quote from the White House press secretary out of context to deliver a misleading attack on President Donald Trump.

Trump first said the project wouldn't interfere with the existing White House, but on Thursday satellite images appeared to show the entire East Wing reduced to rubble.

The youngest press secretary in history, Karoline Leavitt, sparked controversy with her response to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte's questions about Trump.

ABC's Mary Bruce sparred with Karoline Leavitt over the demolition of the White House's East Wing for President Donald Trump's new ballroom.

President Donald Trump has decided to demolish the 124-year-old East Wing of the White House after revealing plans to build a ballroom that will cost $300 million

Karoline Leavitt's defense of Donald Trump's $250 million White House ballroom construction remains strong. The White House press secretary faced criticism following her Thursday, October 23, press briefing after insisting the East Wing renovations are Trump's "main priority" in terms of projects at the Executive Mansion in Washington,

Your mom did,” Leavitt texted, in response to a question from Date about who picked Budapest for the site of the next Trump-Putin summit.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt presented several photographs of past construction at the White House on Thursday as a reporter attempted to grill her on the temporary demolition of the East Wing.

Is Donald Trump hiding a secret health complication? During Karoline Leavitt's Thursday, October 23, press briefing, the White House press secretary was asked about the president's October 10 medical appointment — his second "routine yearly check-up" of 2025 — but instead of giving a direct answer,

A rumor that circulated online in October 2025 claimed (archived) the American singer-songwriter Joan Baez sued White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for $50 million. According to the story, Baez sued Leavitt for defamation following an "ambush" on "The Tonight Show."