Britt McHenry, a former ESPN reporter and a Trump-era State Department press adviser, resigns or is removed from her role following an incident at a Washington Wizards NBA game. Multiple outlets report that video footage surfaced showing her throwing a drink during a confrontation at Capital One Arena.
The accounts place the incident in the context of a broader change in her government job. ABC News US says she resigns from the State Department after the basketball game altercation, while the Los Angeles Times and others describe her as no longer serving as a press advisor days after viral videos spread. The Mirror and Washington Times frame the outcome more directly as being “let go” or “booted,” linking the departure to the drink-throwing footage. Newsweek adds the identity-focused framing, describing her as a Trump staffer shown in the video.
Across coverage, outlets consistently connect the Wizards-game footage to the end of her State Department position, though they differ in wording about whether she resigns or is dismissed and in how much background they provide about the lead-up to the confrontation.
