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Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join Fox News as an on-air contributor starting Nov. 1, the network announced. Leavitt, who stepped down in August, follows former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to the Rupert Murdoch-owned channel.
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Leavitt follows Kayleigh McEnany, the former press secretary who joined Fox in 2021.
Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second child Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down as White House press secretary in August, is joining her former boss’s favorite network, Fox News, as an on-air contributor, the channel announced on Monday. Considering that two of her predecessors from Donald Trump’s first administration, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh…
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will begin her new role at Fox News on Nov. 1.
Leavitt will join the Rupert Murdoch-owned television network in November.
NYTimes – US The Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon after its air traffic control telecommunications equipment became overloaded, officials said. The halt to departures lasted nearly five hours and ended around 8:15 p.m. ET, the longest such stoppage in 25 years. More than 8,200 flights, over 31% of those scheduled in the United States, were canceled, and officials expected a full recovery by Sunday.
Sky News – US A tanker struck a river cruise ship on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans on Friday, partially submerging the passenger boat. Officials said there were no fatalities, all passengers were accounted for, and at least 32 people were treated at local hospitals. The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans sued the tanker's owner, saying the Atlantic Asphalt caused at least $1 million in damage to its terminal; a judge issued a warrant Friday giving federal officials control of the ship for now.
NYTimes – US Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won Alaska's governor's race, the first Democrat elected to the office since 1998. A former state legislator, he ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in a state that usually votes Republican, and at 37 will be the youngest governor in Alaska's history. His victory means Democrats will hold 30 US governorships, including seats flipped in Iowa, Georgia, Ohio and Texas.
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