Karoline Leavitt Says Her Kids Are ‘at Critical Age’ and Need Her Home as She Reveals Heartbreak Over Shock White House Exit

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has opened up about her "bittersweet" decision to step down from her prominent role in President Donald Trump's administration—admitting that her two children "need" her to be home more than her job currently allows her to be. Leavitt, 29, shares two children with her husband, Nicholas Riccio, 61: son Niko, 2, and daughter Viviana, who was born in May. The mother of two, who is the youngest press secretary in White House history, announced in August that she would be leaving her role, with President Trump sharing the news in a post on his Truth Social account, explaining that Leavitt wanted to be more present as a mother. Now, Leavitt has shed more light on that decision, telling "Fox & Friends" hosts Ainsley Eahardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones, that her children are at a "critical age" where they need to be able to spend more time with her at home. "It's time for me to take a step back so I can spend more time with my two beautiful children, of course I have a 2-year-old and a 4-month-old," she said during her final interview as Trump's press secretary. "They're just at a critical time in their life where they need their mom...