Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness.
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Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
· Aug 28
been away + focused on a personal project
back at work later this year
back at work later this year
well I guess paternity leave is officially over
Trump on his feelings on Elon Musk after their dinner
"Elon is great… I say he's 80% super genius, and 20% he makes mistakes"
"But he's a good guy. He's a well-meaning person"
"Elon is great… I say he's 80% super genius, and 20% he makes mistakes"
"But he's a good guy. He's a well-meaning person"
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Trump on his feelings on Elon Musk after their dinner
"Elon is great… I say he's 80% super genius, and 20% he makes mistakes"
"But he's a good guy. He's a well-meaning person"
"Elon is great… I say he's 80% super genius, and 20% he makes mistakes"
"But he's a good guy. He's a well-meaning person"
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Then 👏 come 👏 the 👏 Illnesses 👏
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Then 👏 come 👏 the 👏 Illnesses 👏
to fellow parents of young children: the end (of winter break) is in sight.
we 👏 can 👏 do 👏 this 👏
we 👏 can 👏 do 👏 this 👏
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
to fellow parents of young children: the end (of winter break) is in sight.
we 👏 can 👏 do 👏 this 👏
we 👏 can 👏 do 👏 this 👏
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Not right now, please.
North Korea ‘has fired ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan’
North Korea ‘has fired ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan’
South Korea’s military report projectile launch, which follows Kim Jong-un calling for doubling of output of tactical guided weapons
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military leaders.
The South Korean joint chiefs of staff said: “The North has launched an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea,” referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Not right now, please.
Camera on Trump — who's been up much of the night — catches him repeatedly closing his eyes, swaying through this press conference.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Camera on Trump — who's been up much of the night — catches him repeatedly closing his eyes, swaying through this press conference.
Harsh words from @kaine.senate.gov, who sits on the Senate’s armed services and foreign relations committees, and asks where Trump will deploy military forces next
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Harsh words from @kaine.senate.gov, who sits on the Senate’s armed services and foreign relations committees, and asks where Trump will deploy military forces next
Since Trump won the FIFA peace prize and rebranded “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace” a month ago, he has:
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
Trump brands himself around peace while threatening war.
The "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" and his FIFA peace prize arrived as Trump issues new threats and his "Department of War" touts its lethal strikes.
"Orwellian is about the nicest term I can come up with,” @coons.senate.gov told me.
The "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" and his FIFA peace prize arrived as Trump issues new threats and his "Department of War" touts its lethal strikes.
"Orwellian is about the nicest term I can come up with,” @coons.senate.gov told me.
Trump wants to be known as a peacemaker while frequently threatening war
The president talks frequently of his desire for more peace. He also likes talking like a warmonger.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Since Trump won the FIFA peace prize and rebranded “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace” a month ago, he has:
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
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omg the prez is buying my two favorite rock-type pokemon
per @cqzakrz.bsky.social, who's filing White House pool reports today, Trump has stopped at a shopping center in Florida + a White House official says the president is buying "marble and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House Ballroom."
January 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
omg the prez is buying my two favorite rock-type pokemon
The White House is reconstituting a fine arts review panel — after firing Biden holdovers — looking for people willing to approve Trump's ballroom.
The panel's former Trump appointees — themselves fired by Biden — in line to be invited.
WH also considering Trump loyalists w little arts expertise.
The panel's former Trump appointees — themselves fired by Biden — in line to be invited.
WH also considering Trump loyalists w little arts expertise.
Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom
The White House is seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s controversial ballroom and other projects.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The White House is reconstituting a fine arts review panel — after firing Biden holdovers — looking for people willing to approve Trump's ballroom.
The panel's former Trump appointees — themselves fired by Biden — in line to be invited.
WH also considering Trump loyalists w little arts expertise.
The panel's former Trump appointees — themselves fired by Biden — in line to be invited.
WH also considering Trump loyalists w little arts expertise.
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
Some NYE news: the White House has a nine-week plan to get Trump’s ballroom approved.
Prior projects have taken years to navigate the same federal review process. With @jonathanreports.bsky.social.
Prior projects have taken years to navigate the same federal review process. With @jonathanreports.bsky.social.
White House lays out nine-week timeline to win approval for Trump’s ballroom
Trump is seeking to gain approvals for his ballroom in just over two months that have taken other large projects years to complete.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Some NYE news: the White House has a nine-week plan to get Trump’s ballroom approved.
Prior projects have taken years to navigate the same federal review process. With @jonathanreports.bsky.social.
Prior projects have taken years to navigate the same federal review process. With @jonathanreports.bsky.social.
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“You have been asleep since November,” said Frog.
“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“You have been asleep since November,” said Frog.
“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”
Big local story here in Rochester, Minnesota — the Trump administration’s abrupt changes to research funding this year
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Big local story here in Rochester, Minnesota — the Trump administration’s abrupt changes to research funding this year
Incredible obituary in NYT for Betty Reid Soskin, who served as a National Park Service ranger until age 100 and witnessed so much in her life.
Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.
“What could be more American than that?”
Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.
“What could be more American than that?”
December 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Incredible obituary in NYT for Betty Reid Soskin, who served as a National Park Service ranger until age 100 and witnessed so much in her life.
Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.
“What could be more American than that?”
Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.
“What could be more American than that?”
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Coming back to? No. But haunted by, yes. We’re torturing people here & having people tortured abroad & living a/ it. But it IS being covered & activists are exposing it. We need to react. This was among the best of many good exposes.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Coming back to? No. But haunted by, yes. We’re torturing people here & having people tortured abroad & living a/ it. But it IS being covered & activists are exposing it. We need to react. This was among the best of many good exposes.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Climate reporting by Sarah Kaplan www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Few have seen this dam deep in the mountains — but many believe it could kill them
Climate change threatens to push the world’s infrastructure to a breaking point.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Climate reporting by Sarah Kaplan www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Curious about something.
What were the *articles* that stood out to you — that impressed you most — this year?
Pieces of writing or reporting from 2025 that you keep coming back to?
(Asking bc I think it’s grown ever harder to answer this Q in a world of social media, and video supplanting text.)
What were the *articles* that stood out to you — that impressed you most — this year?
Pieces of writing or reporting from 2025 that you keep coming back to?
(Asking bc I think it’s grown ever harder to answer this Q in a world of social media, and video supplanting text.)
December 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Curious about something.
What were the *articles* that stood out to you — that impressed you most — this year?
Pieces of writing or reporting from 2025 that you keep coming back to?
(Asking bc I think it’s grown ever harder to answer this Q in a world of social media, and video supplanting text.)
What were the *articles* that stood out to you — that impressed you most — this year?
Pieces of writing or reporting from 2025 that you keep coming back to?
(Asking bc I think it’s grown ever harder to answer this Q in a world of social media, and video supplanting text.)
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"'When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,' said Chris Meekins." Despite the perception that these deals are weak, the administration continues to choose to keep key details confidential, which is unlikely to help.
When Trump declared he wanted drug companies to voluntarily cut their prices, few executives wanted to go first. Now, no one wants to be last — and risk the wrath of the president.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
More and more drug companies are making deals with the White House on drugs sold to the government and to Americans through a new website, TrumpRx.gov.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,' said Chris Meekins." Despite the perception that these deals are weak, the administration continues to choose to keep key details confidential, which is unlikely to help.
Pharma execs have lined up in the White House ahead of Trump's announcement.
Can see nine brand names on display: GSK, Sanofi, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Gilead
Can see nine brand names on display: GSK, Sanofi, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Gilead
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pharma execs have lined up in the White House ahead of Trump's announcement.
Can see nine brand names on display: GSK, Sanofi, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Gilead
Can see nine brand names on display: GSK, Sanofi, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Amgen, Merck, Novartis, Gilead
Great, painstaking reporting by @bethreinhard.bsky.social and @aaronschaffer.com — a story you're only going to find at The Post.
At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Great, painstaking reporting by @bethreinhard.bsky.social and @aaronschaffer.com — a story you're only going to find at The Post.
When Trump declared he wanted drug companies to voluntarily cut their prices, few executives wanted to go first. Now, no one wants to be last — and risk the wrath of the president.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
More and more drug companies are making deals with the White House on drugs sold to the government and to Americans through a new website, TrumpRx.gov.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When Trump declared he wanted drug companies to voluntarily cut their prices, few executives wanted to go first. Now, no one wants to be last — and risk the wrath of the president.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
Our modern life
1) redditor offers key tip in Brown shooting
2) reporter highlights Reddit comment
3) national TV show uses reporter’s post, but drops some context
4) TV viewers congratulate reporter for being the tipster
1) redditor offers key tip in Brown shooting
2) reporter highlights Reddit comment
3) national TV show uses reporter’s post, but drops some context
4) TV viewers congratulate reporter for being the tipster
December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our modern life
1) redditor offers key tip in Brown shooting
2) reporter highlights Reddit comment
3) national TV show uses reporter’s post, but drops some context
4) TV viewers congratulate reporter for being the tipster
1) redditor offers key tip in Brown shooting
2) reporter highlights Reddit comment
3) national TV show uses reporter’s post, but drops some context
4) TV viewers congratulate reporter for being the tipster
given rising global populism — and tendency to demonize people with little power in society — worth reflecting that the hero in Australia's mass shooting was a Syrian refugee, and the key witness in the Brown University shooting was a homeless man
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
given rising global populism — and tendency to demonize people with little power in society — worth reflecting that the hero in Australia's mass shooting was a Syrian refugee, and the key witness in the Brown University shooting was a homeless man
Sign of the times: the affidavit released by the Rhode Island attorney general tonight credits Reddit for this credible + helpful tip
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Sign of the times: the affidavit released by the Rhode Island attorney general tonight credits Reddit for this credible + helpful tip
Wrote last week how Trump was joking on stage about the “Trump Kennedy Center,” and how his supporters claimed the building deserved the name change.
Ten days later, Trump’s handpicked board voted to make it a reality.
Ten days later, Trump’s handpicked board voted to make it a reality.
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wrote last week how Trump was joking on stage about the “Trump Kennedy Center,” and how his supporters claimed the building deserved the name change.
Ten days later, Trump’s handpicked board voted to make it a reality.
Ten days later, Trump’s handpicked board voted to make it a reality.