Washington Post journalist Natalie Allison slammed Axios executive editor Mike Allen for taking up the “new media seat” at the first Trump administration White House Presser after claiming, alongside his outlet’s co-founder Jim VandeHei,
Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.
In her first White House press conference, press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that DOGE had identified $50 million for condoms in Gaza.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced significant changes to White House briefings to allow for influencers and podcast hosts to apply for media credentials.
The White House attacked several "Fake News outlets" on Wednesday, including CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.
The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.
The White House is providing an explanation for the drones that were spotted over New Jersey, and all along the East Coast, over the past several months.
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.
Leavitt promised that the Trump White House would restore press passes to 440 journalists "whose passes were wrongly revoked by the previous administration."
Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary said about $50 million of taxpayers’ money had been spent to fund condoms in Gaza, and Washington would stop the programme. It appears that the government is referring to a grant that USAID awarded to International Medical Corps worth $102.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley