Screenshot via Ruthless podcast White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mocked reporters covering the White House and claimed they are “having a hard time” with how much “fun” President Donald Trump and the members of his administration are having.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt issued another hit on the Associated Press (AP) on X, labeling reports that the government fired yet more staff as “fake news”. In response to the news that “one employee said they were harassed on Facebook” by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “prior to being fired”,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took a moment out of Tuesday’s briefing to unveil a seismic change in press access for journalists covering President Donald Trump ‘s administration. Going forward, Leavitt said that White House press team would oversee the press pool instead of the White House Correspondents’ Association.