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President Donald Trump said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave the job at the end of the month and continue as an outside adviser. National coverage treats the departure as confirmed after roughly 20 months in the role, with desks differing mainly on succession and political fallout.
Todd Blanche, previously Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that ended in a narrow Senate yes vote. Coverage spans multiple national desks on both the swear-in and the confirmation battle that preceded it.
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders creating narrower categories in which the government would withhold recognition of birthright citizenship and directing agencies to combat travel undertaken specifically to give birth in the United States. The measures follow a Supreme Court ruling against his broader 2025 policy, but their implementation and constitutionality remain unsettled.
A divided federal appeals court upheld an injunction stopping above-ground work on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, ruling that a project of that scale requires congressional authorization. The court stayed its order for 14 days to allow the administration to seek Supreme Court review; Trump says the project has national-security functions and plans to appeal.
An F-35 crashed at a Marine Corps base in San Diego, drawing coverage from left, center, and right outlets. Early reports focus on the pilot's status and the aircraft's safety record.