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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Two Dozen Arrested For Protesting Kavanaugh In GOPers’ Offices
09.20.18 | 12:56 pm
Activist Associated With DeSantis Posts Aggressively Racist Tweet About Obama
09.20.18 | 10:23 am
MIAMI, FL - MAY 30: Kirstjen Nielsen (R), the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, and Brock Long, FEMA's director, visit the National Hurricane Center on May 30, 2018 in Miami, Florida. The two visited the center as they urged people to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season that officially begins on June 1, 2018 and ends on November 30th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) MIAMI, FL - MAY 30: Kirstjen Nielsen (R), the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, and Brock Long, FEMA's director, visit the National Hurricane Center on May 30, 2018 in Miami, Florida. The two visited the center as they urged people to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season that officially begins on June 1, 2018 and ends on November 30th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
FEMA Chief Brock Long Almost Quit After Possible Criminal Probe Announced This Week
09.20.18 | 8:44 am
on September 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. on September 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Trump Knew He Couldn’t Get Wall Funding Before Midterms, Blames Dems Anyway
09.20.18 | 7:56 am
UNITED STATES - APRIL 8: Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., attends a news conference at the House triangle on the dangers faced by Christians and Armenians in the Syrian revolution. Recent attacks in the historically Armenian city of Kessab, Syria, were cited by speakers. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - APRIL 8: Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., attends a news conference at the House triangle on the dangers faced by Christians and Armenians in the Syrian revolution. Recent attacks in the historically Armenian city of Kessab, Syria, were cited by speakers. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
CA Lawmaker Who Helped Deliver Note To Feinstein: ‘I Believed’ Blasey Ford
09.20.18 | 7:44 am
Trump Jokes NC Resident Gets To Keep Boat That Washed Up In His Yard
09.19.18 | 1:29 pm
ABC: Dossier Was Stalled In NY FBI Office For Weeks After Russia Probe Launched
09.19.18 | 10:24 am
Trump: If Manafort Tells The Truth There Will Be ‘No Problem’
09.19.18 | 9:50 am
Trump Admin Doesn’t Know Location Of Another 1,500 Migrant Children
09.19.18 | 9:21 am
Trump: Florence Is ‘One Of The Wettest We’ve Ever Seen From The Standpoint Of Water’
09.19.18 | 8:26 am