The move is the latest round in the fight over presidential access after Mr. Trump declared a ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW.

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The move is the latest round in the fight over presidential access after Mr. Trump declared a ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second child

Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down as White House press secretary in August, is joining her former boss’s favorite network, Fox News, as an on-air contributor, the channel announced on Monday.

Considering that two of her predecessors from Donald Trump’s first administration, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany, had also joined Fox after leaving office, Leavitt was seen as a logical fit for Fox, on which she will begin providing commentary on 1 November.

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© Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

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The growing use of walk-and-talk social videos can be traced to Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign for mayor of New York City. But not all candidates are naturals on camera.