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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Mitchell Begins Questions Apologizing That Ford Is ‘Terrified’: ‘That’s Not Right’
09.27.18 | 11:00 am
Ford Delivers Emotional Account Of Assault: ‘I Will Never Forget’ Details Of That Night
09.27.18 | 10:52 am
Grassley Quotes Biden To Explain FBI Probes ‘Do Not Reach Conclusions’
09.27.18 | 10:22 am
Conway: Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh ‘May Both Be Right’
09.27.18 | 9:48 am
First GOP Lawmaker Embraces Dem Calls For FBI Probe Of Kavanaugh Allegations
09.27.18 | 9:24 am
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) (R) questions witnesses during a hearing with (L-R) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. The committee questioned officials from the Boarder Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice about the separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border at the government's efforts to reunify those families. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) (R) questions witnesses during a hearing with (L-R) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. The committee questioned officials from the Boarder Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice about the separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border at the government's efforts to reunify those families. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Cornyn, Graham And Hatch Indicate They May Question Blasey Ford In Hearing
09.27.18 | 9:12 am
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home September 19, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Monday following allegations that have endangered his appointment to the Supreme Court. . (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home September 19, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Monday following allegations that have endangered his appointment to the Supreme Court. . (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Two Men Told Senate Staff They Think They Had ‘Encounter’ With Ford, Not Kavanaugh
09.27.18 | 8:28 am
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home September 26, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to respond to the allegation of sexual assault by accuser Christine Blasey Ford. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home September 26, 2018 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to respond to the allegation of sexual assault by accuser Christine Blasey Ford. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Kavanaugh Questioned About Fourth Accuser In Interview With GOP Staff
09.27.18 | 8:08 am
Third Accuser: No ‘Human Being Should Treat People’ The Way Kavanaugh Behaved
09.27.18 | 7:49 am
Dem Jeff Merkley Files Lawsuit Over Docs To Halt Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
09.26.18 | 1:59 pm