White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been photographed in public after announcing that she will leave the Trump administration at the end of August. The departure is notable because Leavitt, a prominent and combative defender of President Donald Trump, is the youngest person to have held the role and her exit creates a high-profile vacancy in the White House communications team.

Leavitt, 28, said she was making the “bittersweet” decision to devote more time to her young family. She returned to work after the birth of her daughter Viviana in May and also has a two-year-old son; Trump said he had not wanted her to leave and praised her work.