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Chris Cillizza
Jan 29, 2025
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(White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt/ Getty Images)

On Tuesday, in her first media briefing as White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt broke with a long-held tradition.

Rather than give the first question to the Associated Press, a pillar of the legacy media, Leavitt instead turned to Axios’ Mike Allen. After Allen, Leavitt called on Matth…

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