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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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Trump: I ‘Had To Fire Flynn Because He Lied To The VP And The FBI’
12.02.17 | 4:58 pm
President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to U.S. military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Sigonella, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to U.S. military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Sigonella, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump On Flynn Guilty Plea: ‘We’re Very Happy’ There’s Been ‘No Collusion’
12.02.17 | 10:48 am
FILE -- In this file photo from Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., attends a news conference about the investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the top Democrat in the House, said today, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, that Rep. Conyers, should resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, calling them serious, disappointing and very credible. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) FILE -- In this file photo from Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., attends a news conference about the investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the top Democrat in the House, said today, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, that Rep. Conyers, should resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, calling them serious, disappointing and very credible. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Lawyer: Conyers Will Make Decision About Future In Next Several Days
12.01.17 | 3:27 pm
Reports: Farenthold Is Lawmaker Behind $84K Sex Harassment Settlement
12.01.17 | 2:00 pm
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, in Washington, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, in Washington, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
House Ethics Cmte. Request Records Of Alleged Misconduct By Sitting Members
12.01.17 | 12:08 pm
WATCH: Michael Flynn Arrives At Federal Courthouse In D.C.
12.01.17 | 10:35 am
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 25-26 ** Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District, right, talks with Gene Simes, left, before accepting the endorsement of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. A fiscal conservative and a former Republican, the 49-year-old Massa spent 24 years in the Navy, survived a battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the late 1990s, and talks up his independent streak, a customary stance for challengers of all stripes in upstate New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey) ** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 25-26 ** Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District, right, talks with Gene Simes, left, before accepting the endorsement of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. A fiscal conservative and a former Republican, the 49-year-old Massa spent 24 years in the Navy, survived a battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the late 1990s, and talks up his independent streak, a customary stance for challengers of all stripes in upstate New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Report: Congress Paid $100K To Settle Groping Claims Against Ex-Rep. Massa
12.01.17 | 10:00 am
Mick Mulvaney holds up his hand as he speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Mick Mulvaney holds up his hand as he speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Mulvaney Aims To Alter CFPB: Authority I Have ‘Should Frighten People’
12.01.17 | 8:41 am
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump Outraged By ‘Disgraceful Verdict’ In Murder Case Against Immigrant
12.01.17 | 7:57 am
In this July 26, 2017 photo, “A Prairie Home Companion” creator and former host Garrison Keillor talks at his St. Paul, Minn., office. Keillor is not spending his time in retirement baking Powdermilk Biscuits or drinking coffee down at the Chatterbox Cafe now that he has hung up his microphone as host of his popular public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city “Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour _ 2017,” which he vows will be his last. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen) In this July 26, 2017 photo, “A Prairie Home Companion” creator and former host Garrison Keillor talks at his St. Paul, Minn., office. Keillor is not spending his time in retirement baking Powdermilk Biscuits or drinking coffee down at the Chatterbox Cafe now that he has hung up his microphone as host of his popular public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city “Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour _ 2017,” which he vows will be his last. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)
WaPo Ends Garrison Keillor Column For Violating ‘Transparency Standards’
11.30.17 | 3:31 pm

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