The Face of the White House: A Look at Past U.S. Press Sec­re­taries

08.02.2021 - A plaque hangs from a lectern in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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25.04.2020 - The lectern used by President Donald Trump for the briefings about the coronavirus in James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP...
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15.10.2026 - This combination of images shows, clockwise from top left, Sean Spicer, Jen Psaki, Katie Zacharia and James Brady. (AP Photo)
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13.10.2026 - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia D...
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01.01.1000 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing with Vice President JD Vance in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 01,...
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11.06.2025 - Flanked by images of destruction from ICE protests in Los Angeles, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks about President Trump's response to the protests during a pre...
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27.07.2023 - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions at a press briefing, including questions about McConnell’s health, Hunter Biden, and President Biden’s future v...
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06.05.2022 - White House press secretary Jen Psaki introduces incoming press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Washington. (AP P...
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03.06.2020 - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on June 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Credit: Oli...
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04.10.2019 - FILE- White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, Oct. 3, 2019. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign...
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21.01.2017 - White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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04.06.2013 - White House press secretary Jay Carney holds up a folder with an image of a troll and the words "innovation, not litigation" during the daily press briefing at the White House in W...
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31.08.2007 - President Bush, left, hugs Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino, right, after he announced in the White House press room in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, that his press secretar...
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22.12.1994 - President Bill Clinton interupts Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers’ final press briefing in the White House briefing room Thursday, Dec. 22, 1994. The president surprised Myers by st...
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12.01.1987 - Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Vice President Geoorge H.W> Bush will take over on February 2.1989, (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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06.01.1981 - James Brady, selected by president-elect Ronald Reagan to become his press secretary, talks to reporters after the announcement was made in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1981....
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17.07.1975 - U.S. Sen. Charles H. Percy, R-Ill. and Jody Powell at committee hearing in Washington, July 17, 1975. (AP Photo)
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14.05.1975 - FILE - Press Secretary Ron Nessen and Treasury Secretary Williams Simon, background, brief reporters, May 14, 1975, in Washington. Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who served...
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08.08.1959 - 8. August 1959 - Hagerty bereitet Ikes Europabesuch vor. James Hagerty, der Sprecher des Wei?en Hauses, wird London, Paris und Bonn besuchen, um den bevorstehenden Besuch von Pr?si...
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18.12.1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson laughs with George Christian, right, who was about to succeed Bill Moyers (not shown) as the president's press secretary. Christian and Johnson were ou...
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29.10.1965 - FILE - White House press secretary Bill Moyers appears at a press briefing at White House in Washington on Feb. 25, 1966. (AP Photo/William J. Smith, File)
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01.01.1970 - Pierre Salinger, ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Journalist und Pressesprecher unter John F. Kennedy, mit Zigarre bei einem Pressetermin in München, 1970.
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01.01.1970 - Pierre Salinger, ehemaliger US-Präsidentschaftssprecher und Journalist, im Jahr 1970 während eines Aufenthalts in Deutschland. Er steht in einem Raum mit Holzvertäfelung und liest...
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08.07.1965 - Bill Moyers, new White House press secretary, keeps a telephone open as he announces to reporters on July 8, 1965, that Gen. Maxwell Taylor is resigning as U.S. Ambassador to South...
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08.07.1965 - Bill Moyers is photographed during an interview at the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 1965. Moyers is to succeed George Reedy as assistant to the president for press re...
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08.07.1965 - White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers meets press on arrival at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas on July 8, 1965. (AP Photo)
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17.08.1965 - Bill Moyers, White House press secretary, announces at a briefing on August 17, 1965 in Washington, that Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall will meet with four governors and t...
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30.04.1973 - Presidential Press secretary, Ron Ziegler talks with newsmen Monday April 30, 1973 at the White House where he announced the President's descision to accept the resignations of Att...
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14.05.1975 - Press Secretary Ron Nessen tells newsmen, Wednesday, May 14, 1975 at the White House in Washington that under President Ford?s orders, U.S. Marines have bearded the U.S. cargo ship...
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02.05.1976 - Press secretary Ron Nessen tells reporters, Sunday, May 2, 1976 in the White House in Washington, the President, is disappointed at the results of the Texas primary, but ?he remain...
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24.04.1980 - White House Press Secretary Jody Powell conducts his daily briefing with reporters at the White House in Washington, DC on April 24, 1980. Credit: Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte / CNP/S...
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05.12.1982 - President Ronald Reagan talks with reporters aboard Air Force One during the return flight to Washington from his four-nation Latin American tour, Dec. 5, 1982. Assistant press sec...
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02.02.1990 - President George Bush responds to a question during a news conference aboard Air Force One, Feb. 2, 1990, during his flight to Raleigh, N.C. Bush said he will review U.S. sanctions...
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19.05.1993 - White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers speaks to reporters at a White House briefing in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 19, 1993. It was announced the entire office of the Whit...
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10.05.2007 - White House Press Secretary Tony Snow answers questions during his daily briefing, Thursday, May 10, 2007, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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11.07.2007 - White House Press Secretary Tony Snow holds his first briefing in the newly remodeled James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at the White House in Washington...
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27.09.2007 - White House Press Secretary Dana Perino reads a statement from President Bush regarding Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007...
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06.03.2007 - White House spokeswoman Dana Perino gestures while meeting reporters during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Mo...
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05.02.2009 - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, right, looks at President Barack Obama's new Air Force One jacket in the press cabin of Air Force One Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 at Andrews Ai...
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21.02.2012 - White House press secretary Jay Carney responds to questions at the White House news briefing in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The situation in the Middle East, gas prices, a...
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15.05.2013 - White House press secretary Jay Carney starts daily news briefing with a joke of the "many faces of Jay Carney" supplied to him by the Washington Post of moments from yesterday's b...
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24.09.2015 - White House press secretary Josh Earnest talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Earnest discussed Obama's up...
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18.12.2015 - epa05074617 White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest poses with two stormtroopers in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, DC, USA, 18 December 2015. The Star Wars character...
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17.01.2017 - President Barack Obama hugs White House press secretary Josh Earnest during his last press briefing, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington....
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27.03.2012 - CORRECTS DATE TO: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 - White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest pauses during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Mar...
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23.01.2017 - White House press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily White House briefing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo...
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21.01.2017 - White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks in the press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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08.02.2017 - White House press secretary Sean Spicer pauses during the daily press briefing, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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03.02.2017 - White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seen through a television camera viewfinder as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3...
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24.08.2017 - August 24, 2017 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - White House Press Secretary SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS calls on reporters during the daily White House press briefing. Sander...
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29.01.2018 - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on a reporter during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed i...
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31.10.2017 - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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05.06.2018 - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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21.06.2019 - Stephanie Grisham, Press Secretary and Communications Director for First lady of the United States, Melania Trump attends the Congressional Picnic for Members of Congress and their...
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04.09.2019 - White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham talks with acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney as President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing o...
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30.04.2020 - White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany talks with reporters in the briefing room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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01.05.2020 - May 1, 2020, Washington, The District of Columbia, United States Of America: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany takes questions from reporters during a press briefing Fri...
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19.04.2020 - White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany attends a coronavirus task force briefing with President Donald Trump at the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP...
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22.05.2020 - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, holds a check, in the amount of United States President Donald J. Trump’s annual salary, to be donated to the U.S. Department of Healt...
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07.05.2020 - White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Bra...
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25.10.2018 - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a news briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, January 7, 2021. CAP/M...
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20.11.2020 - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing in the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 20 November 2020. It is her first press conference at the White House...
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02.02.2021 - White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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29.01.2021 - White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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27.07.2021 - White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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31.12.2015 - Easter Bunnie say “hi” to Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre before starts her daily press briefing, today on April 01, 2024 at Brady Briefing Room/White House in Washington DC, US...
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04.10.2024 - President Joe Biden stands next to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when Biden made a surprise appearance during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington,...
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20.09.2022 - White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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31.05.2022 - Members of the K-pop supergroup BTS join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo...
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21.07.2025 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gaggles with the press outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, July 21, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/S...
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27.08.2026 - August 27, 2026, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States: White House Press Secretary KAROLINE LEAVITT poses for a family photo with her husband, NICHOLAS RICCIO, and their...
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28.01.2025 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the Daily Press Briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington,...
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20.05.2025 - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks and takes questions from children during a briefing for "Take Our Sons and Daughters To Work Day" at the White House, Tuesday, M...
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09.09.2025 - White House Press Secretary holds a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington DC on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. The White House and Lea...
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28.01.2025 - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 28, 2025. (Photo...
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26.01.2026 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, January 26, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)
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13.10.2026 - White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, October...
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13.10.2026 - White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, October...
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13.10.2026 - New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia speaks to the media in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Zacharia bri...
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13.10.2026 - UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia listens to President Donald Trump talk with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding M...
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12.10.2026 - White House aide Natalie Harp, left, stands with White House press secretary Katie Zacharia as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the...
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13.10.2026 - White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, October...
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15.10.2026 - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, center, White House aide Natalie Harp, left, and Danielle Alvarez, right, walk on the South Lawn as they arrive at the White House with...
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13.10.2026 - UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first briefing where she addressed issues including the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle, U.S....
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15.10.2026 - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia arrives with President Donald Trump at Glacier Park International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (AP Photo/Alex B...
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13.10.2026 - White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, October...
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13.10.2026 - UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia talk with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine On...
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13.10.2026 - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia D...
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28.12.1950 - Joseph Short, new press secretary to President Truman, at his desk at the White House in Washington on Dec. 28, 1950. He’s former Associated Press, Baltimore Sun newsman. (AP Pho...
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24.02.1932 - President Hoover, center, receives a burst of spontaneous applause from a group of national educators as he walks from the White House to greet them on the South Lawn in Washington...
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13.10.2026 - October 13, 2026, Washington, Dc, United States: New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia listens as President Donald Trump speaks to the White House press corps on October 1...
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14.10.2026 - President Donald Trump boards Marine One, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, as White House press secretary Katie Zacharia and White House aide Nat...
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13.10.2026 - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia arrives on Air Force One, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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30.03.2026 - FILE - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt points to a reporter to ask a question in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, March 30, 2026, in Washington....
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27.02.2026 - FILE - Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt glances at President Donald Trump before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP P...
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12.11.2025 - November 12, 2025, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA: White House Press Secretary KAROLINE LEAVITT answers a question with her arms open during a press briefing at the White Ho...
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17.02.2025 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speak about Charlie Kirk, Antifa and Terrorism groups during a press conference, today on September 22, 2025 at Brady Press Room/White...
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26.06.2025 - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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11.03.2025 - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to a question from the news media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, USA 11 March 2025. Pre...
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25.02.2025 - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Ph...
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