Overview
- Leavitt announced on Instagram over Christmas that she is pregnant with a baby girl due in May 2026.
- She thanked President Trump and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles for what she called a supportive, pro-family environment in the West Wing.
- Lara Trump told Fox News there are no plans to replace Leavitt after the birth and suggested her maternity leave could be brief.
- At 28, Leavitt is the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary and she returned to work within days after her first child was born in July 2024.
- The announcement has intensified discussion about parental leave in a country without a federal guarantee and followed fresh scrutiny of her public image, including online comments about a recent Vanity Fair portrait.