In her debut press briefing, he youngest Press Secretary in history, Karoline Leavitt, responded to widespread criticism following the Trump administration’s sweeping pause of federal loans and grants. The Hill’s White House reporter Alex Gangitano joins Daily Debrief’s Zach Schonfeld to discuss the confusion surrounding this move.
Leavitt also addresses months of fear stemming from the New Jersey drone sightings, potential changes to which media will be allowed to get White House press credentials and whether some mainstream outlets will lose their seats in the briefing room.
President Trump says Microsoft is in talks to take ownership of the TikTok, and Gavin Newsom announces, ‘LA Rises’, a private-sector initiative, spearheaded by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter and Magic Johnson, to help rebuild after the wildfires.
NewsNation’s Nancy Loo has the latest from Los Angeles as Pacific Palisades residents finally return to their homes, many of them for the first time since the devastating fires erupted January 7th.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5111519-trump-first-white-house-briefing/
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