"Serving as the White House Press Secretary over the past year and a half has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime," Leavitt said in a post on social media site X/Twitter.

President Donald Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be leaving the administration at the end of the month to spend time with her young family.

Donald Trump has announced that Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House Press Secretary at the end of the month.

Leavitt, 28, was the youngest White House press secretary in history when Trump appointed her early during his transition.