Sometimes more talking doesn’t produce more clarity. One afternoon, Trump told reporters that there were “no surprises” when Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski decided to oppose Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. The next morning, Trump said he was “very surprised” by their votes.

President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first White House briefing Tuesday, fielding questions from reporters for just more than 45 minutes. The press secretary announced some new changes to the briefings and discussed the wildfires in California,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her briefing debut on Tuesday, where she sparred with reporters over a federal freeze on grants and made clear that President Donald Trump himself will be the administration's main messenger.