Dan Diamond
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White House reporter @WashingtonPost. Focused on policy, politics and public health. Find me on Signal: dan_diamond.01
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2008
Forty years ago this week, an insurance salesman's debut novel began appearing on shelves around DC. That book was THE HUNT FOR THE RED OCTOBER. It launched Tom Clancy's publishing empire — with a nudge from The Post. Come with us on this deep dive… .
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“The Hunt for Red October,” written by a local insurance salesman, launched a publishing empire and a series of Hollywood movies.
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The spiraling effect per @DevlinBarrett . - Police arrested man w history of mental illness, for damaging a light outside restaurant. - in custody, he appeared to drunkenly rant about killing president and others. - now he faces a potential five-year prison sentence for threat.
In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests via @NYTimes.
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if your heart rate exceeds 200 bpm while watching a movie, you may want to see a doctor.
The first screening of ‘THE LONG WALK’ had the audiences’ heartbeats at over 200 bpm. The film is being described as one of the most intense & emotional thrillers of 2025.
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RT @adamcancryn: Asked today what's happening to the homeless in DC and if/where they're being relocated, Vance said "the question betrays….
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RT @ELaserDavies: NEW: Trump to patrol D.C. streets today with police and the military. Details to follow.
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The move continues his administration’s efforts to exert control over the capital city.
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RT @maustermuhle: Per Bondi, there have been 68 illegal guns seized since Trump took over MPD and flooded the city with federal law enforce….
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RT @ScottNover: Major philanthropic organizations including Knight, MacArthur, and Ford announced they're committing nearly $37 million in….
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The Knight, MacArthur, Ford and Robert Wood Johnson foundations, plus the Schmidt Family Foundation and the Melinda Gates-led group Pivotal Ventures are contributors.
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RT @dmgorenstein: A big honor! So proud of entire team for helping produce this important series that shines a light on how to help people….
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Some worrisome, eye-opening findings in this ESPN-@KFF project on the health of former NFL players. One data point in Paula’s story that grabbed me.
A project years in the making: NFL players nearing retirement age struggle mentally, physically more than their male counterparts. In an ESPN survey of more than 500 ex-players, they share their aches, pains and opinions of whether it was all worth it.
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Join Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and other leaders to remember and honor the stories of great Americans in our new video series:
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RT @oliviacgeorge: We've waved goodbye to some tremendously beloved colleagues, but those of us @postlocal are working hard to document and….
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RT @maustermuhle: I know lots of folks are down on the Post, but holy hell have they marshaled their forces to cover this story. From @jenn….
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RT @TreyWallace_: Would you pay to sit in the Oklahoma postgame press conference following the Michigan game? . It will cost $692.11 per pe….
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Barro: “When Democrats nitpick whether crime in Washington has been getting better or worse lately, they miss the larger point: violent crime in Washington is (and has been) alarmingly prevalent all along.”.
Washington has persistently way worse crime than cities like New York and Los Angeles. This is a real, serious problem and Democrats need to treat it as such by proposing better solutions than Trump, instead of accusing him of faking a crisis.
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Fascinated by this front page from The Washington Post, 65 years ago today — the launch of the first satellite that enabled global TV, radio, telephone communications. First message relayed via NASA’s Echo 1 satellite was a short test by then-President Eisenhower.
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“We were told very clearly that this was targeted, directed at CDC,” one staffer told @bylenasun.
NEW: About 40 bullets hit @CDCgov buildings in fatal shooting Friday. The gunman left a note, per a source. Me w @LaurenWeberHP @tobiaraji
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RT @Me36181491: @ddiamond I thought the Bermuda Triangle was going to be way more problematic than it's been.
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(this post was inspired by watching my son watch an episode of Peppa Pig all about boomerangs. The boomerang propaganda-cycle begins again).
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I feel like childhood cartoons + movies prepared me to see boomerangs everywhere . But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a boomerang anywhere?.
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Great scoop.
Trump is being pushed by well-funded marijuana companies, who are attending his fundraisers, giving millions, presenting political arguments and hiring his former advisers, to reclassify marijuana. And he’s considering it. My latest:
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