The White House is denying that it violated a judge’s order Saturday to halt the deportations of Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, which, if it did occur, would take legal showdowns over the administration’s claims of vast presidential power closer to the edge of a constitutional crisis.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief the press and take questions on Monday, coming quick on the heels of a weekend effort to deport dozens of Venezuelans. Secretary of