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12.30 BST Karoline Leavitt steps down as White House press secretary three months before midterms Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. White
12.30 BST Karoline Leavitt steps down as White House press secretary three months before midterms Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. White House press secretary Karoline Leavittâs decision to step down from the role comes less than three months before the midterm elections. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month to spend more time with her young family. Leavitt, 28 and the youngest person to hold the role, called it a âbittersweet decisionâ in a social media post Wednesday shortly after President Donald Trump made the announcement.
She is expected to remain involved as an outside Trump adviser and influential Republican voice. Trump said he supported the move, though some argue it has come at a pivotal time for the president, with midterm elections due to be held on 3 November 2026. Historically, the presidentâs party tends to lose seats in midterm elections, and Trumpâs low approval ratings could pose a challenge for Republicans in November. Donald Trumpâs net approval rating has fallen to -27, a new record low, according to The Economistâs tracker of YouGov polling.
Her departure has also raised questions over who will replace her as White House press secretary and take on the crucial task of communicating the administrationâs message in the run-up to the midterm elections. The administration has not yet announced who will replace Leavitt. Questions about midterms come as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt steps down from role less than three months before
midterms. Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP In other developments The two most senior members of President Donald Trumpâs Cabinet, secretary of state Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, flew out of last monthâs Nato summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane after an Iranian threat, while Trump was secretly moved to a smaller military jet, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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