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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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CNN: WH Tries To Cast Rosenstein, Mueller Probe As Payback For Comey Firing
04.13.18 | 7:41 am
(L-R) Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House April 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. Marking their 100th anniversary of their post-World War I independence from Russia, the three Baltic heads of state participated in the United States-Baltic Summit at the White House. (L-R) Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House April 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. Marking their 100th anniversary of their post-World War I independence from Russia, the three Baltic heads of state participated in the United States-Baltic Summit at the White House.
Trump: ‘I Have Full Confidence In Ty Cobb,’ ‘My Special Counsel’
04.12.18 | 1:49 pm
FILE - This Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch speaks to the Utah Senate at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Hatch is introducing a proposal that aims to remedy religious visa delays that the Mormon church says are disrupting the religion's missionary program. Hatch said in a news release Thursday, March 30, 2017, that some people are waiting nine to 11 months to get the religious visas. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE - This Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch speaks to the Utah Senate at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Hatch is introducing a proposal that aims to remedy religious visa delays that the Mormon church says are disrupting the religion's missionary program. Hatch said in a news release Thursday, March 30, 2017, that some people are waiting nine to 11 months to get the religious visas. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Hatch Warns ‘Anyone Advising’ Trump To Fire Mueller Has Damaging Interests
04.12.18 | 12:47 pm
ABC Preview Of Interview With Comey Suggests He Likened Trump To A ‘Mob Boss’
04.12.18 | 11:59 am
Trump Judicial Nominee Refuses To Say If Brown v. BOE Was Correctly Decided
04.12.18 | 11:01 am
Trump Bashes NYT: ‘If I Wanted To Fire Mueller In December … I Would Have’
04.12.18 | 8:09 am
U.S. President Donald Trump conducts a meeting with state and local officials to unveil his administration's long-awaited infrastructure plan in the State Dining Room at the White House February 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. The $1.5 trillion plan to repair and rebuild the nation's crumbling highways, bridges, railroads, airports, seaports and water systems is funded with $200 million in federal money with the remaining 80 percent coming from state and local governments. U.S. President Donald Trump conducts a meeting with state and local officials to unveil his administration's long-awaited infrastructure plan in the State Dining Room at the White House February 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. The $1.5 trillion plan to repair and rebuild the nation's crumbling highways, bridges, railroads, airports, seaports and water systems is funded with $200 million in federal money with the remaining 80 percent coming from state and local governments.
Trump Backpedals On ‘Nice And New And Smart!’ Strike: ‘Could Be Soon … Or Not!’
04.12.18 | 7:33 am
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 03: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., attend a bust unveiling ceremony for former Vice President Dick Cheney in the Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, December 3, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 03: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., attend a bust unveiling ceremony for former Vice President Dick Cheney in the Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, December 3, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
McConnell On Ryan Retirement: ‘Our Work Together Is Far From Over’
04.11.18 | 10:55 am
Trump: ‘Nobody Can Question’ Paul Ryan’s ‘Legacy Of Achievement’
04.11.18 | 10:04 am
WaPo: Before Inauguration, Trump Asked Heitkamp To ‘Switch Parties’
04.11.18 | 10:04 am

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