Karoline Leavitt is stepping down as White House press secretary at the end of August 2026, and the abrupt announcement has collided with fresh questions over a controversial Air Force One travel arrangement involving President Donald Trump and his aide Natalie Harp. Trump revealed Leavitt's departure in a Truth Social post on 12 August, framing it as her choice to spend more time with her young children.
Leavitt confirmed the news in her own statement soon after, but the timing, just as footage of a tense in-flight exchange and reports of a 'decoy plane' surfaced, has prompted questions about whether other factors were involved. Both threads, the family explanation and the swirling theories, now sit side by side in the public record.
