A co-host of “The View,” Joy Behar, has set off a firestorm with a sexist attack on new White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, saying she got the lofty position because “she’s a 10.”

Washington – White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday and promised to speak frequently with the news media and open up the briefing room to podcasters and social media influencers.

The youngest-ever White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, held her first press briefing on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Karoline Leavitt used her first briefing in the role to warn veteran reporters that they were increasingly irrelevant.

When Leavitt, 27, walks out into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Tuesday, she'll be the youngest press secretary to do so, since Ronald Ziegler, who held the title in former President Ronald Reagan's White House at age 29.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media influencers.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed for answers about Team Trump's idea for a spending freeze. It didn't go especially well.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her briefing debut on Tuesday, where she sparred with reporters over a federal freeze on grants and made clear that President Donald Trump himself will be the administration's main messenger.

Trump 2024 presidential campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt made her debut as White House's youngest press secretary on Tuesday.