Name: Vance Stands In for Karoline Leavitt at White House Briefing, Jokes About Paternity Leave Deal
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Description: Vice President JD Vance opened a White House press briefing by joking that he agreed to fill in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt on one condition: “When Usha has our baby in July, that she would be vice president for a couple of weeks!”

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