Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 26, 2025

March 26, 2025 · The White House · 0:24:25

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What happened

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed members of the media at the White House on Mar. 26, 2025, carried on the White House channel. She opened with investments: Schneider Electric had pledged more than $700 million in the United States for energy infrastructure and AI, and Hyundai had announced a $20 billion investment including $5.8 billion for a Louisiana steel plant creating nearly 1,500 jobs, as she stated them. She noted the President had marked National Medal of Honor Day with 21 recipients and had signed an executive order on election integrity strengthening voter citizenship verification, and she previewed that afternoon’s Women’s History Month event and the Oval Office auto-tariff announcement.

Leavitt then addressed the Atlantic’s Signal story at length, saying the National Security Advisor had taken responsibility, that the National Security Council and White House Counsel’s Office were reviewing how a reporter’s number was added to the thread, and that no classified material, locations, sources, methods, or war plans were sent on the thread, as the administration stated it. She pointed to the March 15 strikes on Houthi targets in the Red Sea as the operation’s outcome.

Why it matters

The briefing pairs the investment tally with the administration’s fullest on-record defense of the Signal episode in its first week - the responsibility, review, and no-classified-material statements all made from the podium.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the Schneider Electric and Hyundai figures as stated at this briefing (more than $700 million; $20 billion including the $5.8 billion Louisiana steel plant) are recorded here as checkable items as stated by the Press Secretary.

Sources: The White House, “Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 26, 2025” (YouTube, 2025-03-26) - official description and broadcast transcript as aired.