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Karoline Leavitt Discusses Her ‘Unusual’ Age Gap Marriage With Real Estate Investor Husband—and Her Parents’ ‘Challenging’ Reaction to Romance

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Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. The Trump administration said it will transfer some of the Education Department's largest grant programs and major portions of several offices to other federal agencies, part of a broader plan to greatly reduce the department's authority. Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has opened up about her “unusual” marriage to real estate investor Nicholas Riccio—revealing the “challenging” moment she told her parents that she was in a relationship with a man 32 years her senior. Leavitt, 28, who is the youngest White House press secretary in history, shared a glimpse inside … Read more