WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted the control she has of the briefing room and defended a recent crackdown on reporter access in an interview on “Pod Force One” out Wednesday.

“I try, thank you,” Leavitt replied when “Pod Force One” host Miranda Devine gushed that she ruled the White House press briefing room with “an iron fist.”

“I prepare a lot for the briefings, and I walk in there with a good grip on what they’re going to ask, because I read and I watch and I prepare all day, all morning,” Leavitt, 28, explained.

Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in US history, acknowledged that sometimes the briefing room can get heated, but stressed that she wants her team to be “professional” with reporters.

“The press briefing room can be combati

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