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 Legal Team Will Decide Whether POTUS Will Be Interviewed In 10 Days
08.03.18 | 8:06 am
WILKES BARRE, PA - AUGUST 02: President Donald J. Trump singles out the media during his rally on August 2, 2018 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. This is Trump's second rally this week; the same week his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort started his trial that stemmed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images) WILKES BARRE, PA - AUGUST 02: President Donald J. Trump singles out the media during his rally on August 2, 2018 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. This is Trump's second rally this week; the same week his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort started his trial that stemmed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images)
Manafort Trial ‘Spinning’ Trump ‘Into A Frenzy’
08.03.18 | 7:22 am
Coats: ‘I’m Not In A Position To Either Understand Fully Or Talk About’ Helsinki
08.02.18 | 2:23 pm
WATCH LIVE: White House Press Briefing At 1 PM ET
08.02.18 | 1:01 pm
Ivanka Trump: ‘I Do Not Feel Media Is The Enemy Of The People’
08.02.18 | 10:19 am
Prosecutors Ask Judge To Allow Evidence Of Manafort’s Lavish Clothes, Rugs, Home Projects
08.02.18 | 9:29 am
Marc Short, White House director of legislative affairs, attends U.S. President Donald Trump's event celebrating the Republican tax cut plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto) Marc Short, White House director of legislative affairs, attends U.S. President Donald Trump's event celebrating the Republican tax cut plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
As Professors Resign In Protest, New UVA President Supports Marc Short Hiring
08.02.18 | 8:08 am
Trump Wants Mueller Interview So He Can Show Them Probe Is A ‘Witch Hunt’
08.02.18 | 7:21 am
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES - 2018/07/23: Press briefing by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders (aka Sarah Huckabee Sanders) in the White House Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES - 2018/07/23: Press briefing by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders (aka Sarah Huckabee Sanders) in the White House Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
WH Defends Trump’s Grocery ID Claim: You’ll Need It If You ‘Buy Beer And Wine’
08.01.18 | 2:00 pm
IL GOPer Resigns Over Allegations He Used Ex Girlfriend’s Nude Pics To Lure Men
08.01.18 | 1:30 pm