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The “new media” seat at the White House has shaken up press briefings, as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt aims to add non-legacy press members to briefings.
The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos. There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.
Ian Ward is a reporter at POLITICO. Francis Chung is a POLITICO staff photographer.
— On whitehouse.gov under “Remarks,” the last posting is from April 22 and is Vice President JD Vance’s comments while he traveled in India. There has been nothing posted for President Donald Trump since his comments on March 13 while meeting with NATO’s secretary-general.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has started welcoming MAGA influencers to the White House for pro-Trump press briefings that exclude the traditional press pool
The first "influencer meeting" featured several prominent pro-Trump creators and media members, including former Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Franklin Roosevelt established the Presidential press conference as an institution ... McKinley on occasion had stepped to the White House door, chatted briefly and uninformatively with reporters.