UPDATE 2: More specifics here from NYT: Reporters from NYT, BuzzFeed, CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico were excluded. Conservative outlets Breitbart News, One America News Network and the Washington Times were included. Time magazine and the AP boycotted in solidarity.
“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. “We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.”