Ron Nixon

Washington Correspondent for New York Times

Ron Nixon appears in the following:

DHS Uses FEMA Money to Pay for ICE's Migrant Crackdown

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Senator Jeff Merkley's release of documents showing the transfer of funds raises questions about FEMA's disaster preparedness as Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast.

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Bribes on the Border

Monday, January 02, 2017

Over the past decade, DHS employees and contract workers have taken nearly $15 million in bribes, turning the other way to smuggled drugs and undocumented immigrants. 

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TSA's Self-Search

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Among long wait times and a shakeup in leadership, the TSA is rethinking its airport security strategy. The New York Times' Ron Nixon explains.

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Report: U.S. Government Secretly Monitoring Mail

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Last year, the USPS approved tens of thousands of requests from law enforcement agencies to secretly monitor the mail of Americans for use in criminal & national security investigations.

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Please Explain: The Farm Bill

Friday, October 04, 2013

Ron Nixon, New York Times reporter, talks about the Farm Bill—what it means for farmers, how it shapes food and nutrition policy in this country, and why it’s taken so long to pass and updated bill.

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Sequestration and You

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sequestration began in March and a second round of cuts is looming for October. Ron Nixon, a New York Times Washington correspondent who covers the impact of legislative and regulatory policy on consumers, tells us how the sequester is affecting the Postal Service, food and agriculture policy, and consumer safety.

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The President's Summit; The News that didn't Make the News

Sunday, May 04, 1997

Celebrating "The News That Didn't Make the News".

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