Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she had not heard Trump plans to deploy immigration agents to polling sites, but didn't rule it out

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the recent deadly shooting of Alex Pretti and the ongoing ICE operations during a briefing on Jan. 26, 2026.

Democrats are walking a tightrope as they stare down fraught funding negotiations over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and attempt to balance messaging on immigration ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press briefing at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The press conference will be the White House‘s first briefing since Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Affairs hospital nurse,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held a briefing today to announce the launch of TrumpRx, a new platform designed to help Americans purchase prescription drugs at discounted prices directly from manufacturers.

Leavitt, a 28-year-old New Hampshire native, already has the second-longest tenure of President Trump’s five White House press secretaries.

Melania Trump had an awkward situation in the White House briefing of February 4, when a reporter asked her a question relating to the Epstein survivors. The meeting started with the First Lady meeting an American-Israeli man and his wife.

Trump said he “felt terribly” about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota.

The DHS secretary labeled Pretti a domestic terrorist without evidence.

WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a briefing with reporters this afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump's announcement this evening of a new discount drug website, TrumpRx, as part of his broader push to lower the price of prescription medicines.