Bruna Caroline Ferreira has rejected the White House's portrayal of her as an absentee mother who hasn't spoken to Leavitt for years. View Entire Post ›

Officials have detained the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew amid the Trump administration's ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took the woman into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, this month, the source said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters on Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m., where she will likely face questions about the new indefinite freeze on all asylum claims, the legal basis for the recent U.