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Why is White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt resigning and what does it mean for the Trump administration?
She speaks for the president, Elisa Brady, Fox News, but not for much longer, as one of the president's most trusted aides prepares to leave the administration.
Caroline Levitt, the youngest person to ever serve as White House press secretary, will step down at the end of the month. President Trump announced a move on social media saying Levitt will depart her role to spend time with her young family, adding Levitt will be one of his top outside advisors and an influential voice within the Republican Party. Levitt recently returned to the White House following the birth of her second child in May. She served as a press aide during President Trump's first term and was a top spokesperson for the president's twenty twenty-four campaign.
Box is Jared Halpern at the White House. In her own statement, Levitt calls the decision bittersweet, writing she feels in her heart she can't be the best mom her two young children deserve, while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House press secretary. We are still learning more about a decoy Air Force One flight last month.
What new details have emerged about the alleged decoy Air Force One flight and its connection to senior officials?
We have a couple big new pieces of information to help us put this puzzle together. They are coming to us from a senior administration official. First, Scott Besson and Marco Rubio, the fourth and fifth in the presidential line of succession, were still on board this decoy, Air Force One, after President Trump made the switch of the planes, and they knew that President Trump was getting off the plane. So It wasn't a surprise to them. We're also told that the decoy Air Force One was flanked for the rides of the UK by fighter jets.
Fox's Peter Ducey at the White House, the Washington Post has reported the decoy flight followed threats from Iran.
How did the Texas Apache helicopter crash impact local communities and emergency response efforts?
Just getting word of a deadly helicopter crash in Texas, an Apache helicopter, possibly from Fort Hood. The Bell County Sheriff's Office says two people were killed, believed to be military members. That helicopter crashed into a field, also touching off a wildfire and prompting evacuations. America is listening to Fox News. The dust still settling from some closely watched primaries, including in Minnesota, where Progressive Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan beat Congresswoman Angie Craig by twenty points to be the Democratic nominee for U.S.
Senate. This is a Midwest state, and not only did Democratic primary voters reject Craig's arguments that Flanagan's progressive policies would be too extreme to win in the general election, they overwhelmingly embraced this leftward shift for the party.
What are the implications of the recent Minnesota Democratic primary results for the upcoming Senate race?
Leadership under Tim Walls and Peggy Flanagan, and now it's time for Minnesotans to stand up and say, you know what? We're not gonna reward this kind of failure
with a promotion to the US Senate. In Wisconsin, David Crowley, now the Democratic nominee for governor, already getting questions about data centers.
We have to focus on making sure that we have accountability with these data centers. They have to pay their own way. They need to pay for their own infrastructure and and they need to bring their own new clean energy.
In California. Real estate firm Bering Companies revealing plans to convert a supercomputer facility in Oakland into a twenty thousand square foot AI data center.
How will the proposed AI data center in Oakland affect local residents, the environment, and the regional economy?
My red flags go up just because I know that all around the US data centers are going up without the knowledge of the citizens
who live nearby those data centers. Alex speaking with Fox's K TVU News in the Bay Area.
Any any business to bring more jobs and revenue?
Lavarian, another Oakland resident, AI data centers have sparked concerns over the use of electricity, water, and the impact on the environment. In a statement, Baron Companies says the project means real jobs, new residents living downtown, and a level of energy and investment in the city that we think Oakland has been missing.
Fox's Christian Goodwin, the developer, has not yet outlined a timeline for that project. Elisa Brady, this is Fox News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt resigning and what does it mean for the Trump administration?
0:03–1:01
2
What new details have emerged about the alleged decoy Air Force One flight and its connection to senior officials?
1:01–1:40
3
How did the Texas Apache helicopter crash impact local communities and emergency response efforts?
1:40–2:33
4
What are the implications of the recent Minnesota Democratic primary results for the upcoming Senate race?
2:33–3:17
5
How will the proposed AI data center in Oakland affect local residents, the environment, and the regional economy?
3:17–3:57