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Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.
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Former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Obama Encourages ACA Enrollment As Trump Admin Guts Outreach Budget
11.01.17 | 10:54 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump Blames Schumer, Diversity Visa Lottery Program For NYC Terror Attack
11.01.17 | 8:42 am
Two Women Accuse Top NPR Editor Of Sexual Harassment
11.01.17 | 8:02 am
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WH: Media Should Stop Pushing Narrative That We Are ‘Racially Charged’
10.31.17 | 3:30 pm
GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling Won’t Seek Reelection
10.31.17 | 2:37 pm
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump Admits ‘The Media Is Not All Fake’ After Railing Against ‘Fake News’
10.31.17 | 12:49 pm
WH Says Trump Won’t Fire Mueller, As Bannon Pushes Him To Defund Probe
10.31.17 | 10:40 am
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a "Public Health Emergency," in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a "Public Health Emergency," in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
In 2016, Trump Called Papadopoulos An ‘Excellent Guy.’ Today He’s A ‘Liar’
10.31.17 | 9:28 am
Carter Page: Russia ‘May Have Come Up’ In Email Exchanges With Papadopoulos
10.31.17 | 8:16 am
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House: ‘Nothing Happened Beyond’ Papadopoulos Contacting Prof
10.30.17 | 2:41 pm

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