Overview
- Leavitt said in posts Thursday that her daughter, Viviana “Vivi,” was born May 1 and is healthy.
- She is on maternity leave after briefly returning following the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting to deliver an update and then stepping back.
- The White House is using a rotation of senior figures to handle briefings during her absence, with communications director Steven Cheung overseeing the press office.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed reporters in the briefing room earlier this week as part of that rotation.
- Leavitt, the youngest to hold the role, thanked President Donald Trump and chief of staff Susie Wiles for what she called a pro-family workplace.