White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has created an atmosphere of hostility, mockery, and disparagement in the briefing room, a veteran reporter told Politico. In a lengthy profile, correspondent Adam Wren quoted Peter Baker,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced today that the pause in collections on student loans in default that has been in effect since the early days of Covid comes to an end on May 5. "Fewer than four out of ten borrowers are in repayment," she said. "Debt can not be wiped away,...