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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if President Donald Trump believes the COVID vaccine should be available to and covered by insurance for all Americans regardless of age or preexisting conditions.

Leavitt said the FDA revoked emergency youth authorizations for some COVID vaccines, but that the decision "does not affect the availability of COVID vaccines for Americans who want them."

"We believe in individual choice. That's a promise both the president and the secretary have made, and it's a promise they have now delivered," she said.

The White House press secretary was asked why President Donald Trump ordered Fed Governor Lisa Cook fired when she had not been charged with a crime and the allegations of mortgage fraud were still being probed.

Leavitt noted that Cook is challenging the firing and admitted that the Justice Department is still probing the allegations, but backed the president's actions without giving more details.

"You had these mortgage receipts, very clearly shown to the president, and he has the cause that he needs to fire this individual. He laid out in the letter that he provided to her and to the public as well. And so we'll continue to fight this battle," she said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at Thursday's press briefing, discussed the ongoing investigation into the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnestoa.

One reporter asked if the administration believed the shooter's gender identity should be part of that investigation.

"All of the elements are being investigated in the shooting. Absolutely. Which is why part of the reason the FBI director came out and immediately confirmed that facet of the investigation," Leavitt said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday said President Donald Trump "fired" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and that her replacement will be announced "soon."

"What I will say about this individual is that her lawyers' statement made it abundantly clear themselves that she was not aligned with the president's mission to make America healthy again," Leavitt said. "And the secretary asked her to resign. She said she would, and then she said she wouldn't. So the president fired her, which he has every right to do."

"It was President Trump who was overwhelmingly reelected on Nov. 5. This woman has never received a vote in her life. And the president has the authority to fire those who are not aligned with his mission. A new replacement will be announced by either the president or the secretary very soon," Leavitt said.

Lawyers for Monarez said on Wednesday evening that she wouldn't leave her post as the top public health official, and argued that because she was appointed by Trump to the post that Trump personally had to dismiss her.

Trump has not weighed in himself on the dispute.