The White House is facing backlash from press groups after booting The Wall Street Journal from a cohort of media outlets set to cover President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Scotland.

Republican House speaker Mike Johnson said he is shutting down House operations early this week, sending lawmakers home today ahead of a five-week recess.

Trump is “frustrated with his staff’s inability to tamp down conspiracy theories they once spread and by the wall of media coverage that started when Attorney General Pam Bondi released information f...