White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to Resign Next Year

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that she plans to resign next year to spend more time with her family.

"I think it's going to be time for somebody else to have this job in a year from now or about a year from now," Psaki said in an interview with CNN's David Axelrod, her former colleague in the Obama administration.

Psaki, who delivers regular press briefings as the public face of President Joe Biden's administration, pointed out that she wants to be able to spend more time with her two young children.

"I don't want to miss moments. I don't want to miss things, and I'm very mindful of that as well," she said.

"It's a great job," she affirmed. "It will be hard, but I also never thought I'd be here, and I also love my kids a lot."

Psaki worked on Barack Obama's first presidential campaign in 2008 and subsequently served on his White House communications team as his deputy press secretary and deputy communications director.

She later became the spokesperson for the State Department before returning to the White House in 2015 as Obama's communications director.