Dan Diamond

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.

Former Bush White House press secretary →

@katiebindley This is so lovely and charming. May we all live up to your dad’s example with our own kids.

Me: publishing stories for decades My dad: you have done it again this is on par w the moon landing

@kaj33 The arts panel just voted to approve the Trump-themed gold coin, encouraging Treasury officials to make it as big as possible. "The larger the better," said Trump's 26-year-old executive assistant, who the president put on a panel intended for fine-arts experts.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) — a coin collector and former member of the federal coin committee — panned the idea too. “I’m not enthusiastic about memorializing Mr. Trump on a coin because he has done so much damage to our country,” Abdul-Jabbar told me. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Today: Trump’s handpicked panel of arts commissioners may vote to put his face on a U.S. gold coin. A separate, bipartisan panel already rejected the idea, saying it was anti-Democratic and even illegal.

Rodney Mims Cook Jr, the chairman of the arts commission, just addressed this story and his proposal to remake the White House columns in today's hearing. COOK: "I have now spoken to the President about it … [he] has no interest to touch the mansion house."

The JFK library honors Chair Powell its Profile in Courage Award, saying that in protecting Fed independence "he "safeguarded one of the country’s most essential apolitical institutions and demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of sustained personal and professional risk." jfklibrary.org/events-and-awa…

NBC News Exclusive: Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski. From @JuliaEAinsley @jonallendc @news_jul @strickdc nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d…

Lots of scoopy bits in my latest IG story w/ @FedGirlWaPo, incl a power shift at the IGs council, a deletion of info in an SSA IG report and memorial t-shirts for a censored report. Don't subscribe to @washingtonpost? You can still read this story for $2: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

I don't know what's more ridiculous, a living president on a coin or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on a federal coin committee. I thought Kareem was a pilot.

per Politico Pulse today — someone at HHS, fed up with inbound calls, apparently changed a phone number listed on the agency's website to Domino's Pizza HHS spox blamed a "rogue employee"

@poneilinOttawa @acoyne Appreciate A. Coyne for amplifying this numismatic news.

@ddiamond @acoyne If by “weighs” the headline writer means putting a heavy palm on the scale I guess that works.

Tough graf from @LACaldwellDC

someone should give this promising young reporter a chance

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress

BREAKING: Penn men's basketball junior forward TJ Power is “under the weather” and did not practice Wednesday, coach Fran McCaffery said. His status for the Quakers’ NCAA tournament matchup with Illinois will be determined on Thursday.

DC TAB, 3/18/26. How it mighta played. H/t a couple days late to @ddiamond & the Washington Post, which broke this here: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/… (And we’ll be talking about all this soon on ⁦@CityCast_DC⁩ )

If you don't subscribe to @washingtonpost but want to peep this story, here's a pay-per-story link for $2 washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

I stopped by hearing today on @CMSGov anti-fraud efforts CMS’s KIM BRANDT: we saw an 89-year-old woman with 5,029 claims for skin substitutes. @RepGuthrie: is that improper payment or fraud? BRANDT: that would be fraud. And she would be mummified if that was actually the case.

“Exclusive.” I reported this in December for @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…