--- description: Amid news of major shake-ups in the West Wing title: Watch Live: White House Holds Press Briefing After Anthony Scaramuci Resigns as Communications Director image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: White House Holds Press Briefing After Anthony Scaramucci Resigns as Communications Director by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2017 7:21 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House on July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House on July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2017 7:21 PM CUT White House [Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/4868903/sarah-huckabee-sanders-spicer-press-secretary/ "undefined") is expected to face reporters at 3:45 p.m. ET on Monday amid a major shakeup in the West Wing: Newly-minted communications director [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4881241/anthony-scaramuci-white-house-communications-director/ "undefined") resigned on Monday. In a statement, the Press Secretary said Scaramucci will be leaving his role because he “felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.” It was already gearing up to be a busy day in the Trump White House. On the heels of a [North Korean missile test ](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/north-korea-appears-to-have-fired-another-missile-reuters.html "undefined") and new [Russian actions](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/russia-expels-755-diplomats-response-sanctions-170730201720880.html "undefined"), the day kicked off with the swearing-in of a new White House chief of staff, retired [Gen. John Kelly](http://time.com/4879523/john-kelly-donald-trump-chief-of-staff/ "undefined"), who was serving as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly replaced former Republican National Committee chairman [Reince Priebus](http://time.com/4879260/donald-trump-reince-priebus-john-kelly/ "undefined"), who resigned last week. Priebus’s exit was the second to come after Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci took on the role as Communications Director. Sean Spicer resigned from his position as White House Press Secretary shortly after the “Mooch” came to 1600 Pennsylvania. Scaramucci made headlines last week for using colorful and offensive language in a conversation with the New _Yorker_ while talking about Priebus and Steve Bannon. By Monday afternoon, it appeared that Scaramucci’s bravado was a bit too much for the White House under Kelly. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/"},"headline":"Watch Live: White House Holds Press Briefing After Anthony Scaramucci Resigns as Communications Director","datePublished":"2017-07-31T19:21:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:48:24.147Z","description":"A White House statement said the move was intended to give the new Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate","url":"https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime","john kelly"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73aecad02cd4ee67/6988d763fb4eac16ae893174/gettyimages-823202880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Speaks To The American Legion Boys Nation And American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation","caption":"President Trump Speaks To The American Legion Boys Nation And American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/","name":"Watch Live: White House Holds Press Briefing After Anthony Scaramucci Resigns as Communications Director"}}]}] ```