Nicole LaFond

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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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Father Of Two Parkland Survivors Shot And Killed In Own Convenience Store
07.20.18 | 11:01 am
WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 22, 2018: An American flag flies over the south facade of the White House in Washington, D.C. Additional security fences and barriers were added along the south perimeter to prevent people from jumping the fence and entering the restricted White House grounds. The Secret Service tightened the security on the south side in 2017 by closing access to the entire fence line on the South Lawn. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 22, 2018: An American flag flies over the south facade of the White House in Washington, D.C. Additional security fences and barriers were added along the south perimeter to prevent people from jumping the fence and entering the restricted White House grounds. The Secret Service tightened the security on the south side in 2017 by closing access to the entire fence line on the South Lawn. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
‘People Are Just Depressed’: Trump-Putin Presser Crushes WH Morale  
07.20.18 | 10:27 am
UNITED STATES - APRIL 23: Marc Short, White House legislative affairs director, attends a Senate Foreign Relations committee markup in Dirksen Building on the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state on April 23, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - APRIL 23: Marc Short, White House legislative affairs director, attends a Senate Foreign Relations committee markup in Dirksen Building on the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state on April 23, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UVA Professors And Alumni Protest ‘Unconscionable’ Marc Short Hiring
07.20.18 | 8:42 am
Shine Was Questioned By Fed Prosecutors Probing Sexual Harassment At Fox News
07.20.18 | 7:35 am
Jordan Doubles Down That Abuse Reports Are Attacks From Left: I Find It ‘Suspect’
07.19.18 | 12:29 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: U.S. President Donald Trump talks the media about his meeting with RussianÊVladimir Putin in Helsinki, in the Cabinet Room on July 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump was holding a meeting with House members of the Ways and Means Committee. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: U.S. President Donald Trump talks the media about his meeting with RussianÊVladimir Putin in Helsinki, in the Cabinet Room on July 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump was holding a meeting with House members of the Ways and Means Committee. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Trump Rips Media, The ‘Real Enemy Of The People,’ Who Want ‘War’ With Russia
07.19.18 | 10:01 am
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press
Russia Brags Of ‘Verbal Agreements’ With Trump, US Unsure What They Were
07.19.18 | 8:41 am
He’s Always Known: Trump Was Told In Jan 2017 That Putin Was Behind Attacks
07.19.18 | 7:52 am
‘He’s In Charge Of The Country’: Trump Claims He Holds Putin Personally Responsible
07.19.18 | 7:25 am
White House: Trump Was Just Saying ‘No’ To More Questions, Not Russia Threat!
07.18.18 | 2:50 pm