Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will announce today that she will run for governor of Arkansas in what will amount to one of the first tests of the battle for the future of the Republican Party.
The former White House press secretary begins as a contributor with the network on Sept. 6.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will leave the job at the end of the month, President Donald Trump said Thursday. In a pair of tweets, the president said Sanders will return to her home state of Arkansas. He thanked her for what he called a “job well done.” “I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas — she would be fantastic!” Trump tweeted. He did not immediately announce who would replace her.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday refused to say the media is not the enemy of the people in an extraordinary exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta, who has been at the center of a firestorm over President Trump and the press.
The White House announced President Trump will, for the second year in a row, skip the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will represent the president at the dinner April 28.
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The new White House press secretary is more understated than her predecessor, Sean Spicer, but she still speaks for a president at war with the media.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the new primary source for information about the future of the nation. Here’s what you need to know about her.
Several officials say White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trump’s foreign trip, with Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appearing behind the lectern more frequently.
