WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that it will not authorize any executive branch officials to disclose to Congress information about individual security clearances, a move that House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, called ‘‘the latest example of the president’s widespread and growing obstruction of Congress.’’

The Oversight panel has been examining the administration’s handling of security clearances and allegations that officials, including presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, were granted access to sensitive information over the objections of career staff.

The investigation has led to an angry and escalating standoff between the House committee and the White House, which accused the panel in a letter Wednesday of ‘‘advancing a partisan political agenda.’’