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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House GOPers Hammer Trump-Appointed Watchdog Over Conway Hatch Violations
06.26.19 | 1:58 pm
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), strikes the gavel on his desk, as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before his committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), strikes the gavel on his desk, as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before his committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
House Committee Subpoenas Conway To Testify On Hatch Act Violations After No-Show
06.26.19 | 11:07 am
Trump Doesn’t Want To Watch ‘Boring’ Dem Debates, But He Will If He Has To
06.26.19 | 9:24 am
State Dept Official Resigns Amid Accusations He Carried A Whip Around The Office
06.26.19 | 9:02 am
HANOI, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 28: A handout photo of U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) during their second summit meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un abruptly cut short their two-day summit in Vietnam as talks broke down and both leaders failed to reach an agreement on nuclear disarmament. Trump said in a press conference on Thursday that the United States was unwilling to lift all sanctions and no plans had been made for a third summit. (Photo by Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images) HANOI, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 28: A handout photo of U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) during their second summit meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un abruptly cut short their two-day summit in Vietnam as talks broke down and both leaders failed to reach an agreement on nuclear disarmament. Trump said in a press conference on Thursday that the United States was unwilling to lift all sanctions and no plans had been made for a third summit. (Photo by Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images)
Trump May Meet With North Korea’s Kim Again After Walking Out On Last Summit
06.26.19 | 8:26 am
Trump Acknowledges Turnover Among Immigration Officials: ‘I Do Burn Out On People’
06.26.19 | 8:05 am
Chicago Cocktail Bar Employee Taken Into Custody For Spitting On Eric Trump
06.26.19 | 7:40 am
Trump Shows Loyalty Matters Most Of All In Hiring Of New Press Secretary
06.25.19 | 3:11 pm
Melania’s Spokeswoman Will Be Next WH Press Sec And Comms Director
06.25.19 | 1:00 pm
Gary Friedman –– – 037808.na.1019.anthrax3.gf Lachlan Murdoch (LEFT), Chairman of the N.Y. Post, Col Allan, Editor–In Chief (MIDDLE), & Ken Chandler (RIGHT), publisher of the N.Y. Post, addresses the media outside the N.Y. Post in midtown Manhattan on Friday, 10/19/2001––theywere talking about one of the papers employees who tested positive for cutaneous anthrax. The employee was first tested for anthrax following the discovery of anthrax at NBC last Friday. Initial tests of this employee since last Friday for anthrax came back negative. The source for the infection is unknown: the employee, a female member of the support staff for the editorial page editor, has already returned to work & is expected to make a complete recovery. She first noticed a blister on one of her fingers on 9/22. She scratched the blister & it became infected. She later visited a medical clinic, where she was treated w/antibiotics. Several days later, the employee removed the bandage on the finger &noticed a black sore. She then visited a hospital & was treated w/more antibiotics., after which she returned to work. Gary Friedman –– – 037808.na.1019.anthrax3.gf Lachlan Murdoch (LEFT), Chairman of the N.Y. Post, Col Allan, Editor–In Chief (MIDDLE), & Ken Chandler (RIGHT), publisher of the N.Y. Post, addresses the media outside the N.Y. Post in midtown Manhattan on Friday, 10/19/2001––theywere talking about one of the papers employees who tested positive for cutaneous anthrax. The employee was first tested for anthrax following the discovery of anthrax at NBC last Friday. Initial tests of this employee since last Friday for anthrax came back negative. The source for the infection is unknown: the employee, a female member of the support staff for the editorial page editor, has already returned to work & is expected to make a complete recovery. She first noticed a blister on one of her fingers on 9/22. She scratched the blister & it became infected. She later visited a medical clinic, where she was treated w/antibiotics. Several days later, the employee removed the bandage on the finger &noticed a black sore. She then visited a hospital & was treated w/more antibiotics., after which she returned to work.
Trump-Friendly NY Post Official Deleted Story On Carroll Sex Assault Allegation
06.25.19 | 10:28 am

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