Karoline Leavitt

April 23, 2026 9:50 AM

US wants to see unified response from Iran, White House says

President Donald Trump wants to see a "unified" response from Iran's leadership to U.S. proposals to end hostilities, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. Leavitt told reporters that Trump had not set a deadline for an end to the ceasefire extension he announced on Tuesday. Earlier, Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum" that Iran must agree to turn over its enriched uranium to the United States as part of negotiations to end th...

September 21, 2025 12:26 PM

US new H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, White House says

A new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas in the United States that goes into effect on Sunday will be levied per petition and will not be applied to existing visa holders re-entering the country, the White House said on Saturday. "This is NOT an annual fee. It’s a one-time fee that applies only to the petition," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X on Saturday. A petition is a request by a company to bring a skilled worker from another country into the United States. FEE O...

May 10, 2025 4:16 AM

President wants to see this de-escalate quickly: White House on India-Pakistan tensions

US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, while speaking about US efforts to mediate the conflict between India and Pakistan, said that the US intends to de-escalate tensions between the two countries. Leavitt mentioned that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in talks with the leaders of both nations to help reduce tensions. "This is something that the Secretary of State, and of course now our National Security Adviser as well, Marco Rubio, has been very much involved in. The Pr...

April 23, 2025 11:16 AM

IMF slashes global outlook as White House says trade talks pick up pace

Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as U.S. President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as global finance chiefs swarmed Washington seeking deals with Trump's team to lower the levies. Indeed, the pace of negotiations was brisk, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, with 18 different countries offering proposals so far and Trump's trade negotiating team set to meet with ...