Nicole LaFond
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.
WHERE THINGS STAND
Mike Johnson’s Supposed ‘Moral Responsibility’ to Pack It Up Early
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07.22.25 | 6:13 pm
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Trump Admin Still Using National Guard to Do ‘Performance Art,’ Punish Dems in LA
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07.21.25 | 5:52 pm
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White House Vindicated in Belief That Congress Will Blindly Hand Over Power
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07.17.25 | 6:01 pm
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Noem Settles It: Trump Admin Will Sacrifice Agriculture at Altar of Mass Deportations
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07.16.25 | 6:08 pm
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Trump Is Calling Friends to Tell Them to STFU About Epstein
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07.15.25 | 6:31 pm
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Dems See an Opening in the MAGA Rift Over Epstein Files
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07.14.25 | 6:22 pm
THE WEEKENDER
Trump Threatens Senate GOPers Wary of Ceding Their Authority to the Executive Branch
INSIDE: Thom Tillis seeks his truth ... Fox News and the House Republicans make their union official
07.12.25 | 7:45 am
WHERE THINGS STAND
Trump Wants ‘Alpha’ Twitter Troll Who Says ‘Straight White Males’ Are Persecuted to be Ambassador to Malaysia
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07.10.25 | 5:51 pm
WHERE THINGS STAND
There’s Always Going to be a Conspiracy Theory
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07.09.25 | 6:26 pm