BREAKING: Karoline Leavitt to Join Fox News as Contributor

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

•   October 5, 2026

Former press secretary Karoline Leavitt has joined Fox News as a contributor.

She will start providing on-air commentary and analysis on Nov. 1.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to continue appearing on FOX News Channel as an official member of the extraordinary team at FOX News Media,” Leavitt said in a statement. “I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House Press Secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox’s millions of viewers across their many platforms.”

Leavitt gave birth to her second child, Viviana, in May. She returned as press secretary in June and stepped down in August.

Leavitt was the youngest press secretary in history. She told reporters she would return to working for President Donald Trump’s super PAC MAGA Inc. after leaving the White House.

“The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary–and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life,” Leavitt wrote on X at the time.

“Our country is facing an existential threat from an increasingly extremist Democrat Party that seeks to destroy everything great about America, and I believe it is incumbent upon all of us who care about this country to fight back against that threat,” she added.

Trump will likely welcome Leavitt’s addition as a strong voice for his administration on TV, as he has complained that Republicans are doing a “poor job of promotion” of his policies.

“I’m going out because nobody’s selling it,” he said.

“The only thing we’re doing badly at is public relations,” he has also said.

Leavitt ran as the Republican candidate for congress in her home state of New Hampshire’s first Congressional District in 2022. She served as national press secretary for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, and as an assistant press secretary in Trump’s first term.

Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | White House Correspondent

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House correspondent for the Daily Signal.


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