Karoline Leavitt Resigns
Podcast: RealClearPolitics PodcastPublished On: Thu Aug 13 2026
Description: Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, Emily Jashinsky and RCP White House correspondent Carolina Lumetta discuss the resignation of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Administration’s request that the Supreme Court intervene to implement President Trump’s executive order restricting the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms. Next, Andrew, Tom and Emily discuss New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s response to questions about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) who recently remarked that “Woke 1” was “crazy.” Also, A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside white supremacist groups, including one with whom she allegedly had a romantic relationship with at the time. And finally, they discuss the possibility of Paramount/Skydance leaving California to avoid the state’s anti-trust challenge to its merger with Warner Bros./Discovery. Also, incoming freshmen at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will not receive grades for the first semester in order to “curb the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals.” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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