{"id":902,"date":"2026-05-10T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=902"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:35:54","slug":"karoline-leavitt-announces-birth-of-baby-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt announces birth of baby girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Thursday that she has given birth to her second child, a daughter named Viviana.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn May 1st, Viviana aka \u2018Vivi\u2019 joined our family, and our hearts instantly exploded with love,\u201d Leavitt wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said her newborn daughter is \u201cperfect and healthy,\u201d adding that her son Nicholas, known as \u201cNiko,\u201d is \u201cjoyfully adjusting to life with his new baby sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt said the family is enjoying \u201cevery moment\u201d in what she called their \u201cblissful newborn bubble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viviana is Leavitt\u2019s second child with her husband, Nicholas Riccio. Their son, Nicholas Robert Riccio, nicknamed Niko, was born on July 10, 2024, and will turn 2 in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt, 28, first announced her pregnancy in December, sharing that she and Riccio were expecting a baby girl in May. She and Riccio, a real estate developer, got engaged over Christmas in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maternity leave from White House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt left her role as press secretary for maternity leave in April. Her final day at the White House before leave was expected to be Friday, April 24.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, she briefly returned to duty after the April 24 shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. She later held a last-minute press briefing on April 27, saying it was \u201cprudent\u201d to speak with reporters after the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of that briefing, she joked, \u201cI hope and pray that this is the last time I speak to you for some time until after my maternity leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cabinet officials step in for briefings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Leavitt is away, members of the Trump administration are expected to handle regular White House briefings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a briefing on Tuesday, at times calling the room \u201cchaos\u201d and joking that he did not know reporters\u2019 names. A White House official praised Rubio as \u201ca natural\u201d and highlighted his comments on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President JD Vance is also expected to appear at the podium. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other senior officials may also be tapped, and officials have suggested President Donald Trump could appear as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historic role as press secretary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt has served as White House press secretary since President Donald Trump returned to office last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the youngest White House press secretary in US history and one of eight women to hold the position. She is also the first person to give birth while serving in the role and the first pregnant White House press secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains unclear how long Leavitt will stay on maternity leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Thursday that she has given birth to her second child, a daughter named Viviana. \u201cOn May 1st, Viviana aka \u2018Vivi\u2019 joined our family, and our hearts instantly exploded with love,\u201d Leavitt wrote in an Instagram post. She said her newborn daughter is \u201cperfect and healthy,\u201d adding that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}