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
Our editor’s response to the Trump White House calling The Washington Post its “media offender of the week” and singling out several of our reporters.
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our editor’s response to the Trump White House calling The Washington Post its “media offender of the week” and singling out several of our reporters.
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Totally good and normal to raze a building before you’ve confirmed what will replace it
Trump taps new ballroom architect, replacing the one he hand-picked (and clashed with, as Trump micro-managed project and pushed to increase its size).
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Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the president and the original architect had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Totally good and normal to raze a building before you’ve confirmed what will replace it
Trump taps new ballroom architect, replacing the one he hand-picked (and clashed with, as Trump micro-managed project and pushed to increase its size).
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the president and the original architect had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trump taps new ballroom architect, replacing the one he hand-picked (and clashed with, as Trump micro-managed project and pushed to increase its size).
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
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I'm pretty sure he was *my* retired schoolteacher?? Have not thought about him in a long time
I spoke with Dave West, who said he was a retired schoolteacher, outside the newly renamed Donald J Trump Institute for Peace this morning.
West said he was moved to protest, adding Trump’s rebranding was dystopian.
“It seems like Orwell, unfortunately, was talking about the United States today.”
West said he was moved to protest, adding Trump’s rebranding was dystopian.
“It seems like Orwell, unfortunately, was talking about the United States today.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm pretty sure he was *my* retired schoolteacher?? Have not thought about him in a long time
Great, sweeping story from @sherylnyt.bsky.social @by-cjewett.bsky.social that walks through, in detail, how RFK Jr is steadily shifting America’s vaccine system.
NEW: An inside look at how RFK Jr. has walled himself off from government scientists and installed old allies in key positions to advance the vaccine agenda that has animated him for 20 years. "Vaccines must be a culprit," he told me.
w/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Inside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Great, sweeping story from @sherylnyt.bsky.social @by-cjewett.bsky.social that walks through, in detail, how RFK Jr is steadily shifting America’s vaccine system.
Chairman of Senate’s health committee with his sharpest words yet as CDC’s vaccine advisers meeting gets underway.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chairman of Senate’s health committee with his sharpest words yet as CDC’s vaccine advisers meeting gets underway.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
The White House as recently as Sunday was calling it the United States Institute of Peace.
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The White House as recently as Sunday was calling it the United States Institute of Peace.
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
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Breaking news: A dozen former leaders of the FDA warned that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risks undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.
A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals
In a New England Journal of Medicine article, the former FDA commissioners wrote they were “deeply concerned” by the top vaccine regulator’s approach to raising the bar for approvals.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Breaking news: A dozen former leaders of the FDA warned that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risks undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.
Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
Building gets a new name: The ‘Donald J. Trump’ Institute of Peace
The change comes as Trump’s administration has touted his peace deals and ahead of a signing of a deal between the leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill.
The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Donald Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake for the second time in a month on Tuesday.
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Donald Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake for the second time in a month on Tuesday.
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump began today's Cabinet meeting by criticizing questions about his stamina.
"I think I’m sharper than I was 25 years ago," the president said, later mocking "Sleepy Joe."
Then he appeared to battle sleep for more than an hour.
More with Natalie Allison and @riegerreport.bsky.social
"I think I’m sharper than I was 25 years ago," the president said, later mocking "Sleepy Joe."
Then he appeared to battle sleep for more than an hour.
More with Natalie Allison and @riegerreport.bsky.social
Trump appears to doze off in another meeting
It was the second time in a month Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers have spoken to cameras about the administration’s initiatives.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump began today's Cabinet meeting by criticizing questions about his stamina.
"I think I’m sharper than I was 25 years ago," the president said, later mocking "Sleepy Joe."
Then he appeared to battle sleep for more than an hour.
More with Natalie Allison and @riegerreport.bsky.social
"I think I’m sharper than I was 25 years ago," the president said, later mocking "Sleepy Joe."
Then he appeared to battle sleep for more than an hour.
More with Natalie Allison and @riegerreport.bsky.social
Trump is now vowing to "rebuild" Dulles.
“It's not a good airport. It should be a great airport,” the president said at the White House today.
An early target: the airport's people movers.
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“It's not a good airport. It should be a great airport,” the president said at the White House today.
An early target: the airport's people movers.
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Trump vows to overhaul Dulles. An early target: its ‘people movers’
The announcement comes after two crashes involving mobile lounges used to transport passengers. The airport is already undergoing a massive renovation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump is now vowing to "rebuild" Dulles.
“It's not a good airport. It should be a great airport,” the president said at the White House today.
An early target: the airport's people movers.
with @rachelweiner.bsky.social @loriara.bsky.social
“It's not a good airport. It should be a great airport,” the president said at the White House today.
An early target: the airport's people movers.
with @rachelweiner.bsky.social @loriara.bsky.social
RICK PAZDUR is now planning to resign at the end of the year — three weeks after taking the job as FDA's top drug regulator.
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
RICK PAZDUR is now planning to resign at the end of the year — three weeks after taking the job as FDA's top drug regulator.
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
Toad knows what’s up
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Toad knows what’s up
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Bill Cassidy is demanding answers from the American Medical Association, saying lobbying group must explain its role setting physician payment.
The AMA’s codes — known as CPT — help shape billions of dollars in spending.
Pressure comes as Trump officials begin shifting away from reliance on AMA.
The AMA’s codes — known as CPT — help shape billions of dollars in spending.
Pressure comes as Trump officials begin shifting away from reliance on AMA.
GOP steps up pressure on American Medical Association, physician payments
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) is demanding answers from the American Medical Association about how it helps devise physician payment rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Bill Cassidy is demanding answers from the American Medical Association, saying lobbying group must explain its role setting physician payment.
The AMA’s codes — known as CPT — help shape billions of dollars in spending.
Pressure comes as Trump officials begin shifting away from reliance on AMA.
The AMA’s codes — known as CPT — help shape billions of dollars in spending.
Pressure comes as Trump officials begin shifting away from reliance on AMA.
After nearly two months of questions, the White House now says that Trump got a "preventive" MRI to screen the 79-year-old's heart health.
Some physicians told me that it's not a standard procedure and the White House should say more about why Trump's doctor thought the scan was necessary.
Some physicians told me that it's not a standard procedure and the White House should say more about why Trump's doctor thought the scan was necessary.
White House says Trump got MRI for ‘preventive’ cardiovascular check-up
The 79-year-old president also underwent imaging for abdominal health, and he “remains in excellent overall health,” Trump’s physician said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After nearly two months of questions, the White House now says that Trump got a "preventive" MRI to screen the 79-year-old's heart health.
Some physicians told me that it's not a standard procedure and the White House should say more about why Trump's doctor thought the scan was necessary.
Some physicians told me that it's not a standard procedure and the White House should say more about why Trump's doctor thought the scan was necessary.
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Thread:
Many federal workers left government this year.
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thread:
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All this - and much much more about why this little-known think tank matters - here. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy. - KFF Health News
Fueled by covid backlash, a libertarian author created the Brownstone Institute in 2021. In recent months, people with ties to the group have catapulted to the highest levels of U.S. government, exerc...
kffhealthnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All this - and much much more about why this little-known think tank matters - here. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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This is the new chair of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets this week to scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule and administering hepatitis B shots at birth www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is the new chair of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets this week to scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule and administering hepatitis B shots at birth www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
inbox: Martin Kulldorff appointed to a senior role at HHS
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
inbox: Martin Kulldorff appointed to a senior role at HHS
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
Another week, another series of big questions about soon-to-expire ACA subsidies.
Trump and his allies still haven't agreed on a plan for what to do.
The stakes: About 24 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces to buy insurance.
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Trump and his allies still haven't agreed on a plan for what to do.
The stakes: About 24 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces to buy insurance.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social
GOP faces a familiar dilemma: What to do about Obamacare?
Republicans are racing to craft health-care plans ahead of a planned vote, as the deadline looms to act on soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Another week, another series of big questions about soon-to-expire ACA subsidies.
Trump and his allies still haven't agreed on a plan for what to do.
The stakes: About 24 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces to buy insurance.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social
Trump and his allies still haven't agreed on a plan for what to do.
The stakes: About 24 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces to buy insurance.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social
I asked if the 56-year-old White was prepared for his personal life to be scrutinized in ways that can be deeply painful and even unfair.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I asked if the 56-year-old White was prepared for his personal life to be scrutinized in ways that can be deeply painful and even unfair.