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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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11.21.17 | 11:43 am
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joins other Washington Republicans calling on Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore to quit the race after two women stepped forward and described how Moore groped them when they were teenagers decades ago, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Ryan calls allegations of sexual assault ”credible,” and says Moore should step aside. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joins other Washington Republicans calling on Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore to quit the race after two women stepped forward and described how Moore groped them when they were teenagers decades ago, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Ryan calls allegations of sexual assault ”credible,” and says Moore should step aside. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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11.21.17 | 10:07 am
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Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Moore Campaign Attempts To Refute Mall Ban And One Accuser’s Story
11.21.17 | 8:11 am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks on why alleged attacker in New York should be held as enemy combatant during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks on why alleged attacker in New York should be held as enemy combatant during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Graham: If You Can’t Go To The Mall In AL, Maybe You Shouldn’t Go To Senate
11.20.17 | 3:00 pm
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Roy Moore Accuser: ‘This Isn’t Political For Me, This Is Personal’
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11.20.17 | 7:53 am
Kayla Moore, wife if former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, speaks at a press conference, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Kayla Moore, wife if former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, speaks at a press conference, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Not Going Anywhere: Roy Moore’s Wife Says ‘We Are In A Battle’
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