BREAKING: 'She's OUT' — Top Trump Administration Official Leaving
Another ranking member of the Trump administration has decided to call it quits and will be leaving her post soon.
It comes ahead of what is expected to be a highly contested midterm election cycle.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said she will be leaving her role in the administration for a position at OnMessage Public Strategies, according to reports on Wednesday.
In making her announcement, she sang the praises of President Donald Trump, calling him “the greatest” of her life.
“President Trump is the greatest President of my lifetime – it’s been a tremendous honor to work for his Administration and alongside such talented colleagues on behalf of the American people,” Jackson wrote on the social platform X.
“Looking forward to this next chapter!” she added.
She joined the White House in May 2025 as deputy press secretary and, in January, special assistant to the president was added to her title.
“Abby Jackson is one of the best communicators in Republican politics, and she’s played an invaluable role on my team, working closely with senior administration officials to shape press coverage, and deliver President Trump’s message at the highest level,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“But what truly sets Abby apart is her character,” Leavitt added.
“She’s a workhorse and someone you can always count on to get the job done,” said the press secretary.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called her a “communications powerhouse.”
“She has skillfully spearheaded messaging on many of the Administration’s most critical and celebrated policy initiatives and has earned universal praise and admiration from her peers and colleagues,” Miller said in a statement.
In its own statement, OnMessage Public Strategies confirmed Jackson had been hired and called her a “rock star.”
Before joining the administration, Jackson served as deputy communications director for the Republican National Committee.
She also spent several years working for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), rising from press secretary to deputy chief of staff and communications director.
Earlier in her career, Jackson worked as deputy press secretary for former Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana and served as a rapid response specialist for Donald J. Trump for President Inc.
Real Daily Wire first reported that Lauren Bis, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to succeed Jackson in the role, The Hill reported.
“We are very sad to see @abigailmarone go, but look forward to welcoming Lauren to our team,” Leavitt wrote on X. “Lauren has been a key player at DHS since day one and she will fit right in at the White House.”
Leavitt returned to TV last month after spending weeks at home on maternity leave to denounce the agitators who have been hanging out or even participating in the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
During an interview on Fox News, Leavitt revealed that authorities have arrested at least five people in connection with the alleged vandalism of the pool.
There have been 14 police reports filed for vandalism, the official added.
Leavitt, who went on maternity leave in late April and gave birth to her daughter in early May, has not returned to her duties in the White House Briefing Room, but she did provide more information on the situation in D.C.
The discussion began when host Sean Hannity detailed President Donald Trump’s plan to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
After the project was completed, algae began to grow in the pool. The Trump administration has accused critics of sabotaging the project.
Activists have been appearing at the Reflecting Pool, with some carrying signs in favor of the algae that has destroyed Trump’s project.
Iran Blinked — Trump Paused Major Attack. The Deal Better Be Real This Time.
The Islamic Republic of Iran asked the United States to hold off. President Trump agreed — conditionally, temporarily, and with the kind of language that leaves absolutely no ambiguity about what happens if the deal falls apart again.
“The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II,” Trump posted Saturday. He then explained why the attack isn’t happening right now: Iran and other Middle Eastern countries asked for a pause in exchange for agreeing to the immediate, complete, and total opening of the Hormuz Strait and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.
“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL.”
Subject to being able to rapidly make a deal. Those words deserve to be read carefully by everyone in Tehran who is currently breathing a sigh of relief.
Here’s the context that makes this moment genuinely significant. The administration had been weighing strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and power grid elements — the kind of targets that don’t just degrade military capacity but fundamentally alter the daily reality of life for the Iranian population. That’s a different category of escalation from the targeted military strikes that have been ongoing since July 7th. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been a reliable partner in the Iran pressure campaign, raised concerns about that level of escalation in a Saturday call with Trump. MBS has his own calculations about regional stability, oil prices, and what an Iranian infrastructure collapse produces for the neighborhood. His input appears to have been part of the equation.
The Israeli government is also reportedly on board with the deal framework — which is significant, given that Israel has more immediate skin in the game than anyone regarding Iranian nuclear progress and proxy attacks.
But let’s be clear about the pattern. This is the second time Iran has agreed to terms and bought itself breathing room. The first MOU — signed in June — was violated within weeks when Iran resumed firing on commercial ships in the Strait, triggering the resumption of American strikes on July 7th. The ceasefire died. The strikes resumed. And now Iran is asking for another pause with another set of agreed perimeters.
Trump’s conditions are not subtle: immediate, complete, and total opening of the Hormuz Strait. End to Iran’s nuclear threat. A deal, made rapidly.
“Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE.”
The military is locked and loaded. The diplomatic channel is open — barely, conditionally, and on a clock. Iran has been given one more chance to produce something real rather than buying time.
They know what happens if they don’t. They’ve seen it for the past month.
Democratic ‘Civil War’ Against Chuck Schumer Heats Up
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s headaches may only just be getting started after his handpicked candidate to take down Republican Sen. Susan Collins was forced to drop out early in Maine’s Democratic primary.
In races across the country for the Senate, progressive candidates are running serious, well-funded campaigns against more traditional Democrats.
Moderate Democrats are afraid that if they pick progressive candidates, especially those with a history of bad behavior, it will hurt their chances of flipping important Senate seats.
Progressives say that the current leaders of political parties are using an old, one-size-fits-all method to choose who is “electable.”
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Graham Platner, an oyster farmer, beat Gov. Janet Mills to become the Democrats’ likely Senate choice in Maine. Now, Senate leaders have more fights against the establishment to come.
Axios detailed a list of upcoming Democratic primaries where older Democrats are running against younger, more far-left candidates:
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–Michigan: Rep. Haley Stevens is the establishment favorite and is seen by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as the strongest candidate in the fall. Polls show she’s locked in a tight race with the Bernie Sanders-backed former public health official Abdul El-Sayed and the digitally savvy liberal state Sen. Mallory McMorrow.
–Minnesota: Rep. Angie Craig, a battle-tested swing-seat Democrat, is viewed by liberals as the party leaders’ preferred candidate. Peggy Flanagan, the progressive lieutenant governor who has attacked Craig as too squishy on ICE, has led in polling.
–Iowa: Schumer and his allies believe Josh Turek, a state lawmaker and Paralympic gold medalist, has the best chance in the general election. Recent polling conducted by a group supporting Turek shows him ahead by a comfortable margin. But Turek’s progressive opponent, Zach Wahls, matched him in first-quarter fundraising, and past polls have shown him as more competitive.
Democrats keep making headlines for all of the wrong reasons.
House Democrats were largely against a resolution supporting law enforcement amid a spike in assaults on police last year.
Just 29 House Democrats voted for a Republican measure praising the “extraordinary sacrifice” of law enforcement officers and denouncing the “defund the police” campaign for endangering public safety.
However, 173 Democrats voted against the motion, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and every GOP representative in attendance voted in favor.
“We want to take that best practice of respecting law enforcement in Iowa to the nation’s capital, and I was thrilled that we got bipartisan support,” Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, who introduced the measure, said in an interview with Fox News.
But the Iowa Republican said he expected his resolution to receive unanimous backing.
“I think it unfortunately puts a real spotlight on a chasm we have between those who support law and order and those who are supporting those who undermine it,” Nunn said.
The decision follows a rise in assaults against law enforcement officers to a 10-year high last year, an F.B.I. report released Monday showed.
The number of officers murdered declined from 2024 to 2025.
Some Democrats likely bristled at language in the resolution criticizing left-wing activists for backing the “defund the police” campaign and sanctuary city policies that put officers’ safety in danger.
Nunn’s measure also lauded the Trump administration’s tough law and order policies for leading to a record reduction in violent crime, including the United States achieving its lowest homicide rate in more than a century last year.
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“We are at a 125-year low for murder rates, 10-year low for drug overdoses,” Nunn told Fox News Digital. “These are things that good community policing, that our law enforcement officers are doing every day, have had a really positive impact.”
The vote took place during National Police Week, a time to recognize the service and sacrifice of dead law enforcement officers across the country.
