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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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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists before departing the White House May 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to New York where he will tour theÊMorrelly Homeland Security Center and then attend aÊroundtable discussion and dinner with supporters before returning to Washington.Ê U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists before departing the White House May 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to New York where he will tour theÊMorrelly Homeland Security Center and then attend aÊroundtable discussion and dinner with supporters before returning to Washington.Ê
Trump: ‘We’re Cleaning Everything Up’ By Attacking FBI
05.23.18 | 1:03 pm
Fox Host: Kim Probably Hates That ‘He Has To Murder His People’
05.23.18 | 10:43 am
What We’re Watching: May 23, 2018 Prime Badge
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Israeli Intel Co Worked With Cambridge Analytica To Win Business With US Gov
05.23.18 | 8:43 am
Kim Concerned Leaving North Korea, Meeting With Trump Will Expose Him To Coup
05.23.18 | 8:22 am
on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.
In Meeting With Colleagues, Ryan Vents About Infighting, Used Word ‘Crap’ Once
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Trump Demands Comms Team Changes, Asks Sadler And Others To Identify Leakers
05.23.18 | 7:15 am
on May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. on May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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UNITED STATES - MAY 22: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, off camera, address the media after briefing on election security with House members in the Capitol Visitor Center May 22, 2018. FBI Director Christopher Wray and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - MAY 22: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, off camera, address the media after briefing on election security with House members in the Capitol Visitor Center May 22, 2018. FBI Director Christopher Wray and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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