Dan Diamond

White House reporter @WashingtonPost. Focused on policy, politics and public health. Find me on Signal: dan_diamond.01

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

A small federal agency deciding whether to approve Trump's ballroom has received tens of thousands of public comments.

More than 97% oppose the project, per @washingtonpost analysis.

"I did not vote for this," one 3x Trump voter wrote.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

the savvy rebranding of less-popular white pumpkins

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

The story (at the ~35 minute mark) about Ryan Gosling coming up with the key karaoke scene in PROJECT HAIL MARY, with very little time left to shoot it, is really terrific.

[Matthew Belloni @MattBelloni]

New pod: The VERY candid Phil Lord and Chris Miller on picking projects, bad pitches, Hail Mary’s 6-year journey, Spiderverse 3, and if they’d work with Disney post-Solo. Plus: lightning round! With @philiplord @chrizmillr and @Lucas_Shaw. Listen! Watch! https://t.co/qZz2RTC5ru

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Trump's focus on his construction projects has generally been panned by voters, and some Democrats are invoking his ballroom in their closing campaign messages.

https://t.co/tQkqkshhTU

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Trump riffed for six minutes about his White House building projects at today’s rally, including the reaction to his helipad.

“They were gonna sue us, because I get sued for everything … I don’t give a shit about it, you know?” says Trump, drawing a standing ovation.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

View of East Potomac from my flight today — spotted work crews, debris and many fewer trees than before.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Breaking: Trump says he'll close East Potomac golf course Nov 15 and begin his overhaul

"The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect," Trump wrote.

Officials didn't immediately respond to Qs about cost

w @RickMaese

https://t.co/3kg06stwsy

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.

We have photos.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

The Trump administration says tonight that it could begin construction of the triumphal arch on Nov. 5 — immediately after next month's vote.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

New: Trump adds several political appointees to the National Capital Planning Commission, replacing career officials as alternate commissioners, before next month's vote on his controversial triumphal arch.

https://t.co/ioC68Eq7m7

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

New: Trump adds several political appointees to the National Capital Planning Commission, replacing career officials as alternate commissioners, before next month's vote on his controversial triumphal arch.

https://t.co/ioC68Eq7m7

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Trump has ordered up cameras to monitor his construction projects in DC — including his planned triumphal arch site

At least $343K to be spent after the president falsely blamed vandals for Reflecting Pool damage

https://t.co/1D0AZe3adz

[Tyler Pager @tylerpager]

SCOOP: Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan billionaire, really wanted a pardon. He got it not long after his daughter hired Alina Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, in a deal worth more than $50 million. Habba was also working at DOJ at the time.

https://t.co/PtCbnQCwz0

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Alas. Ann was incisive and just a wonderful colleague at Baltimore Sun.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Trump says that New Mexico should "immediately" change its name to "New America."

State leaders have panned Trump's weeks-long focus on the name change.

A GOP candidate in a close race for Congress is trying to distance himself from Trump's idea, too.

https://t.co/tSUrd8iVr4

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Ann had completed work on a book about "All the President's Men," digging into the making of the iconic journalism movie.

Among the questions she was pursuing: why Post publisher Katherine Graham was invisible in the film, which she wrote about here:

https://t.co/twUUmAB9k3

[Joshua Rothkopf @joshrothkopf]

On your way to see ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN at #TCMFF? Here's a piece I've been wanting the great @AnnHornaday to write for us for a while. The movie's lessons aren't just for reporters. https://t.co/1JvmDPTcrC

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Sad news: the great @AnnHornaday has passed away. One of America's best movie critics, a longtime Washington Post writer and a voice very familiar to the DC/Maryland area, especially.

https://t.co/xihQSqHFG5

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Here's her order in the case.

REYES: "A reasonable person would understand that the Court’s skepticism about whether Government counsel can act in good faith going forward is legitimate and not the product of bias."

https://t.co/mKgxJZa7dC

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

New: Judge Ana Reyes, who's overseeing the East Potomac case, *denies* the Trump administration's request to remove her.

Reyes says she was indeed "furious" after the government cut down trees. But she says her conduct is OK + the Trump admin has created its own problems.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

my wife got back from a California business trip and brought the best gift: print newspapers

[Rick Maese @RickMaese]

Local residents react to Trump closing/overhauling East Potomac: “Cowboy” Harris, 83, has been coming to Hains Point since he was 8 years old. “I think it’s a bunch of bulls---,” he said. Story from @JoeHeim and @merica https://t.co/hSB8NraRfG

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Trump's push to put his name on the Kennedy Center is unpopular even with his base.

Among 2024 Trump voters, only 39% said it was appropriate while 58% said it was inappropriate.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a new low, according to a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

Trump’s approval among U.S. adults now stands at 33 percent, with 66 percent disapproving; 52 percent said they disapprove strongly. https://t.co/QaJw0ODRpO

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

The map posted by Trump this morning versus the blurred image on his desk in Katie Zacharia's post.

(The White House responded to questions about whether the blurred image was a map of East Potomac by spewing invective.)

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The White House response to questions about why the photos were altered and if they obscured a map of East Potomac.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Breaking: Trump says he'll close East Potomac golf course Nov 15 and begin his overhaul

"The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect," Trump wrote.

Officials didn't immediately respond to Qs about cost

w @RickMaese

https://t.co/3kg06stwsy