Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 10, 2026

March 10, 2026 · The White House · 0:31:57

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What happened

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt opened the March 10, 2026, briefing with the week’s schedule: the President’s Ohio and Kentucky economic trip the next day, the Women’s History Month event Thursday, and executive-order signings Friday. She then gave the White House’s day-10 account of Operation Epic Fury, as she stated it: “More than 5,000 enemy targets have been struck so far”; Iran’s ballistic missile attacks “down more than 90%” and drone attacks “down by approximately 85%”; “more than 50 Iranian naval vessels, including a major drone carrier ship” destroyed, with the Iranian navy “assessed as combat ineffective”; and B-2 bombers dropping “dozens of 2,000 pound penetrator bombs on deeply buried missile sites.” On energy, she listed political risk insurance for Gulf tankers, a temporary Treasury waiver of certain oil-related sanctions, and the offer of Navy escorts, and said the recent gas-price increase was temporary.

The second half was the Save America Act, which she laid out as “five simple requirements”: voter ID; proof of citizenship to register; abolition of universal mail-in ballots with exceptions for illness, disability, military and travel; a permanent ban on men in women’s sports; and a ban on transgender surgery for children. In questions, she rejected the claim that the act would burden married women voters — “there is zero validity to these claims” — saying already-registered voters are unaffected and name changes follow existing state processes.

Why it matters

This briefing is the administration’s canonical day-10 statement of the war — the target, missile, drone and naval tallies that the President’s own gaggles then echo — paired with the fullest single laying-out of the Save America Act’s five provisions in this record. It is recorded on the Foreign Policy & Defense hub.

Scoreboard watch

The briefing’s Operation Epic Fury tallies — 5,000-plus targets, missile attacks down more than 90%, drone attacks down approximately 85%, 50-plus naval vessels destroyed — all as stated by the Press Secretary, are recorded here as candidate items for the weekly scoreboard. The scoreboard entry itself remains review-gated.

Sources: The White House, “Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 10, 2026,” The White House, March 10, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All figures and characterizations as stated by the Press Secretary at the briefing.