William Wan

Washington, D.C.

Local Enterprise Reporter at The Washington Post

WashPost enterprise reporter, often on mental health. Formerly wrote about health, China, Obama, nat sec, religion. Send tips to: wanw(at) washpost com

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Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Hannah Natanson |William Wan |Alexandra Pannoni

Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE (washingtonpost.com) Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE By Hannah Natanson; William Wan; Alexandra Pannoni 2025052411001300 The Washington Post's investigation into the mental health of federal workers revealed many are now struggling with suicidal thoughts, panic attacks and deep anguish amid the Trump administration's mass firings and upending of government agencies. Thousands of readers...
Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Hannah Natanson |William Wan |Alexandra Pannoni

Scott Galloway says Musk's work at DOGE fueled 'one of the greatest brand destructions' of all timeScott Galloway, a prominent marketing professor at New York University, says Elon Musk's links to the cost-cutting White House DOGE Office fueled "one of the greatest brand destructions" of all time. Speaking on an episode of the Pivot podcast, which he cohosts with journalist Kara Swisher, Galloway …
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | William Wan |Hannah Natanson

White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. (washingtonpost.com) White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. By William Wan; Hannah Natanson 2025052010001900 The president had called federal employees "crooked" and "dishonest," and his deputies had vowed to purge them from government and make them suffer.
JFK files expose family secrets: Their relatives were CIA assets

Mar 22, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Ben Brasch |Jonathan Edwards |William Wan

Some families are learning for the first time how parents, grandfathers or spouses participated in American spycraft - as a CIA informant gathering intelligence on Fidel Castro’s supporters, a field agent planting bugs at a Chinese agency, a scholar extracting morsels of intelligence from a Soviet official. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.
Arquivos de JFK revelam segredos familiares de parentes que eram ativos da CIA

Mar 22, 2025 | estadao.com.br | Ben Brasch |Jonathan Edwards |William Wan

Crescendo, John Smith conhecia seu avô como um acadêmico sério — um professor de óculos na Universidade de Maryland que escrevia livros sobre presidentes anteriores à Guerra Civil. Ele também sabia que E.B. Smith havia viajado pelo mundo em sua juventude. O que ele não sabia até esta semana era que seu avô já tinha sido um agente do governo dos EUA, fornecendo informações da era soviética para a CIA (Agência Central de Inteligência dos Estados Unidos, na sigla em inglês).
JFK files expose family secrets: Their relatives were CIA assets

Mar 22, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Ben Brasch |Jonathan Edwards |William Wan

Growing up, John Smith knew his grandfather as a serious academic — a bespectacled professor at the University of Maryland who wrote books on pre-Civil War presidents. He also knew E.B. Smith had traveled the world in his younger years. What he didn’t know until this week is that his grandfather had once been a U.S. government asset, feeding Soviet-era intelligence to the CIA. The Trump administration’s release of more than 77,000 pages related to the 1963 assassination of President John F.
White House scrambles after JFK files expose Social Security numbers

Mar 21, 2025 | adn.com | William Wan |Aaron Schaffer |Clara Ence Morse |Cat Zakrzewski

After the Social Security numbers of more than 400 former congressional staffers and others were made public in files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the White House acknowledged the breach Thursday and worked to mitigate the harm.
Live updates: Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deliver remarks from the Oval Office

Mar 21, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Maeve Reston |William Wan |Aaron Schaffer |Clara Ence Morse |Cat Zakrzewski |Alex Horton | +2 more

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are scheduled to deliver remarks Friday morning from the Oval Office. The White House has not advertised the subject matter. Before the joint appearance, Elon Musk is scheduled to receive a briefing by Defense Department leaders focused on the threat posed by China and the billionaire’s work to slash the U.S. government bureaucracy, people familiar with the matter said.
Trump administration moves to mitigate errant release of Social Security numbers

Mar 20, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | William Wan |Aaron Schaffer |Clara Ence Morse |Cat Zakrzewski

After the Social Security numbers of more than 400 former congressional staffers and others were made public in files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the White House acknowledged the breach Thursday and worked to mitigate the harm.
Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files

Mar 20, 2025 | dailyherald.com | William Wan |Aaron Schaffer |Aaron Gregg |Clara Ence Morse

President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade in Dallas. Riding with Kennedy are first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. AP/Nov. 22, 1963 The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others were made public Tuesday in the unredacted files related to the assassination of President John F.