{"id":3516,"date":"2026-05-19T21:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:15:56","slug":"nobody-does-it-like-karoline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNobody does it like Karoline!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"560\">White House Press Secretary\u00a0<strong data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"406\">Karoline Leavitt<\/strong>\u00a0is taking a well-deserved maternity break \u2014 and\u00a0<strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"489\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t shy about admitting the role isn\u2019t quite the same without her.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"875\">Leavitt, 28, who has been the public face of press briefings since the start of President\u00a0<strong data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"668\">Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s second term, welcomed her daughter,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"707\" data-end=\"718\">Viviana<\/strong>, on May 1 with husband\u00a0<strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"761\">Nicholas Riccio<\/strong>, 60. Their son,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"804\">Nicholas \u201cNiko\u201d Riccio<\/strong>, will turn two this July. Leavitt officially went on leave April 27.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87644 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/hot.newsonline.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-29.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div class=\"gliaplayer-container styles-module_container_xuywD\" data-slot=\"newsonlinebiz_desktop\" data-gc-slot-occupied=\"\" data-gc-donotuse-internal-id=\"slot-element\" data-gc-boot-time=\"2026-05-19T21:14:56.053Z\" data-gc-test-id=\"gc-instream-slot\" data-gc-instream-style-scope=\"\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_root_21jVv\" data-ref=\"root\" data-gc-test-id=\"gc-instream-root\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_main_2Up_2\" data-gc-instream-float-sentry=\"\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_placeholder_2E0xI\" data-gc-instream-placeholder-state=\"visible\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_floater_3bZks InstreamDom_floatAnimation_3UWi3\" data-ref=\"floater\" data-gc-test-id=\"gc-instream-floater\" data-gc-instream-floater-state=\"floating\" data-animation-name=\"none\" data-drag-enabled=\"\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_playerBox_1W0YT\" data-arb-aspect-ratio=\"1.7777777777777777\" data-arb-resize-mode=\"compute-height\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_player_1y46y\" data-ref=\"player\" data-gc-test-id=\"gc-instream-player\">\n<div class=\"LinkButton_root_3vjuF\" data-shape=\"rounded\" data-animation=\"none\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_footer_iL5Q_\">\n<div class=\"InstreamDom_poweredBy_32RQo\" data-ref=\"poweredBy\" data-gc-test-id=\"gc-instream-powered-by\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gliaplayer-container\" data-slot=\"newsonlinebiz_mobile\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"1108\">In her absence, Rubio stepped up to the podium on May 5 for a high-energy press briefing, fielding reporters\u2019 questions for nearly an hour. But he was quick to clarify his temporary stint doesn\u2019t make him a permanent replacement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1354\">\u201c<strong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1168\">Karoline is irreplaceable\u2026 I was just a pinch-hitter,<\/strong>\u201d Rubio told\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1193\">Fox News<\/strong>\u2019 Sean Hannity aboard Air Force One, where he was traveling with Trump to meet President\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1282\" data-end=\"1296\">Xi Jinping<\/strong>\u00a0in China. \u201c<strong data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1351\">We can\u2019t wait until Karoline gets back.<\/strong>\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/SC-Rubio-Off-Plat-copy.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Master of many' Marco Rubio now also filling in for Karoline Leavitt in 1st press briefing since maternity leave\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-14\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1732\">Leavitt has not confirmed when she will return, but reports suggest she plans to take a longer break than she did after the birth of Niko in 2024 \u2014 a leave cut short just days after an assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. A White House source told the\u00a0<em data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1644\">Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0last week that the duration of Leavitt\u2019s maternity leave \u201cis still to be determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1934\">Hannity joked that moonlighting as press secretary wasn\u2019t Rubio\u2019s first extra role in the White House, and Rubio laughed: \u201c<strong data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1931\">Well, yeah, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d have fun if I had to do it every week.<\/strong>\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/1280\/cpsprodpb\/5939\/live\/1d335ab0-4a2b-11f1-ac78-2112837ce2aa.jpg\" alt=\"Karoline Leavitt announces birth of baby girl - BBC News\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"2401\">Rubio, who recently took over the White House National Security Council following a reshuffle of Trump\u2019s advisers, is no stranger to juggling multiple high-profile responsibilities. His predecessor,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"2135\" data-end=\"2149\">Mike Waltz<\/strong>, had to step aside after a Signal chat mishap leaked sensitive information about military operations in Yemen. Rubio has also become the first Secretary of State since\u00a0<strong data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2337\">Henry Kissinger<\/strong>\u00a0to serve simultaneously as Trump\u2019s national security adviser.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2403\" data-end=\"2736\">Meanwhile, Leavitt made history as the first White House press secretary to give birth while in office. Her last public appearance before leave was on April 25 at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner alongside her husband, Nicholas, and a press conference immediately after a thwarted assassination attempt against the president.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2738\" data-end=\"2869\">Until she returns, Rubio will hold the fort \u2014 but everyone in Washington seems to agree:\u00a0<strong data-start=\"2827\" data-end=\"2867\">no one can replace Karoline Leavitt.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary\u00a0Karoline Leavitt\u00a0is taking a well-deserved maternity break \u2014 and\u00a0Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00a0isn\u2019t shy about admitting the role isn\u2019t quite the same without her. 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