The temperature was rising before the cameras started rolling. Reporters with assigned seating jealously guarded against the occasional poachers who were inevitably but politely evicted and sent scrounging for a spot to squeeze into along the already crowded aisles.

WASHINGTON— Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made her debut in the White House briefing room where she defended President Donald Trump's plans to slash federal spending and its mass deportation efforts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.