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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Trump Continues With Claims That Page FISA App Discredits Mueller Probe
07.23.18 | 7:56 am
Trump Directs His Ire At Coats, But Knows Consequences Of Ousting DNI
07.21.18 | 3:30 pm
Cohen Lawyer: Trump Suggestion That Tapes Were Illegal Is ‘Flawed’ Strategy
07.21.18 | 3:01 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event where he signed an executive order establishing a National Council for the American Worker. President Trump hosted leaders of the private sector to sign a “Pledge to America’s Workers” to create solutions to issues affecting the American labor force, and to create more than 500,000 opportunities for students and workers over the next 5 years. The event took place in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event where he signed an executive order establishing a National Council for the American Worker. President Trump hosted leaders of the private sector to sign a “Pledge to America’s Workers” to create solutions to issues affecting the American labor force, and to create more than 500,000 opportunities for students and workers over the next 5 years. The event took place in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Trump Dumps Cohen: It’s ‘Perhaps Illegal’ For Lawyer To Record Client Calls
07.21.18 | 9:49 am
KALININGRAD, RUSSIA - JULY,20 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during the Presidential Council Meeting in Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, July,20,2018. Vladimir Putin is visiting Kaliningrad on Friday, to hold the Presidential Council on Sport and Physical Culture and to talk about the FIFA 2018 World Cup, that ended last week. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) KALININGRAD, RUSSIA - JULY,20 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during the Presidential Council Meeting in Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, July,20,2018. Vladimir Putin is visiting Kaliningrad on Friday, to hold the Presidential Council on Sport and Physical Culture and to talk about the FIFA 2018 World Cup, that ended last week. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Diplomacy Groups: Putin Request To Interview Ambassadors Is ‘Absurd’
07.20.18 | 2:16 pm
Fox’s Kimberly Guilfoyle Leaving Network To Campaign With Boyfriend, Don Jr.
07.20.18 | 11:45 am
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