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Trump administration bars Wall Street Journal from trip amid Epstein spat

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2025 [Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP]

United States President Donald Trump’s administration has barred The Wall Street Journal from accompanying the president on an upcoming overseas trip amid a spat over the newspaper’s coverage of his links to the notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that the Journal would not be among 13 media outlets travelling with Trump on a visit to Scotland this weekend due to its “fake and defamatory conduct”.

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