Leavitt to leave White House podium to become MAGA warrior mom

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt The TOI correspondent from Washington: For a White House that has never been shy about deploying its best-looking and sharpest tongue, Karoline Leavitt was something of a two-for-one political bargain: the photogenic face of the Trump White House, vaporising critical reporters with verbal volleys before they finished the question. Now the show is over -- at least from the WH podium.The 28-year-old press secretary announced Wednesday that she will depart her job at the end of August, saying motherhood had finally trumped mouthing for the Trump White House. “Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life,” she wrote on X. After returning from maternity leave only on July 16, she said she had concluded she could not be “the best mom my two young children deserve” while giving the press secretary’s job the “constant time, energy, and attention” it demands.That is the official explanation; Washington, never short of scuttlebutt and speculation, produced several unofficial ones. The most colorful theory: Leavitt's maternal epipha...