Aides to Mr. Spicer only allowed in reporters from a handpicked group of news organizations that, the White House said, had been previously confirmed. board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White House,” the association president, Jeff Mason, said in a statement. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff.”Get the Morning Briefing by Email What you need to know to start your day, delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday. The White House move came hours after Mr. Trump delivered a slashing attack on the news media in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. A White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, played down the events in an email on Friday afternoon.

Source: New York Times February 24, 2017 19:28 UTC