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Nicholas Nehemas, center, accepting the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for their work on the Panama Papers.

Sundial: Miami's Nicholas Nehamas joins The New York Times to cover Gov. Ron DeSantis

Carlos Frías

Miami Herald reporter Nicholas Nehamas has won awards and recognition for his work investigating the Panama Papers and South American gold mining's connection to international crimes. He's moving on to the New York Times to cover the campaign and Governor Ron DeSantis. He joined WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about his career in South Florida and what's next for him.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig prepares to testify on the IRS budget before the Senate Finance Committee on April 7. On Thursday he'll face questions from a House committee on why the IRS audited two former FBI leaders who investigated Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

IRS head is getting questioned by lawmakers after former FBI officials were audited

Deepa Shivaram

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who was appointed by President Trump in 2018, will face questions behind closed doors from lawmakers in the House and Senate before the end of the month.

Forced off mainstream platforms, a number of conservative voices have found a welcome home on the video-sharing website, Rumble.

Conservatives find a new home on Rumble, a social media site establishing a footprint in Sarasota

Cathy Carter

The online video platform favored by some conservatives has drawn scrutiny after being awarded a taxpayer-funded grant to set up shop in Longboat Key.

The Museum of Graffiti in Wynwood reopens in a new location Thursday.

Sarah Palin v. NYT, The Leopard Opera, the Museum of Graffiti

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

A court battle challenging the freedom of the press. A popular Italian novel turned opera will be performed by the Frost School this weekend. Plus, graffiti — is it art?

COVID In Florida Prisons, Haiti Politics, The Daily And Hemingway Days

Chris Remington

A new investigation finds alarming spread of COVID-19 in Florida correctional facilities. An update on the investigation into the assassination of Haiti's President. The NYT Daily podcast comes to WLRN and a trip down to Key West for Hemingway Days.

Journalists wearing face masks — in an effort to protect against the coronavirus — gather for a news conference earlier this year in Beijing. Early Wednesday, China said it was planning to pull the press credentials of certain journalists employed by a handful of major U.S.-based newspapers.

China Pulls Credentials From Journalists At 3 Major U.S. Publications

Colin Dwyer

Beijing ordered certain staff at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to halt reporting inside China, in retaliation for a State Department move against Chinese outlets.

Video Meme Of President Gunning Down Foes Shown At Trump National Doral, NYT Reports

A crude video meme depicting President Donald Trump gunning down political foes and media organizations inside a church was shown this weekend during a…

Why U.S. Invasion Of Venezuela Is Still A Hot Topic – But Will Likely Never Happen

Tim Padgett

Over the weekend the New York Times created hemispheric buzz. It reported that U.S. officials talked privately this past year with rebellious Venezuelan…

White House Correspondent of the PBS Newshour, Yamiche Alcindor is co-moderating the Florida Freedom Forum’s Debate for the Gubernatorial Democratic primary.

White House Correspondent Says Voters 'Want To Hear That A Politician Cares' At Democratic Debate

Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent of the PBS Newshour, grew up in South Florida. She remembers living through hurricane Andrew and debating at…

Prominent Local Political Reporter To 'Tell The Story Of Florida' To National Audience

Jessica Bakeman

The Miami Herald’s top political reporter will soon have a bigger platform.Patricia Mazzei — who has worked at the Herald for a decade, most recently as…

Meet Miami's New Mayor and the New York Times' Next Local Bureau Chief

Today on Sundial: Miami's new mayor, Francis Suarez, joined us in the studio.Suarez, who was elected in November, made transportation a key issue in his…

Arts & Culture

'Dying Words' Radio Documentary Remembers Pioneering Journalist In AIDS Coverage

Alicia Zuckerman

For a while in the late 1980s, Jeff Schmalz was the Miami bureau chief for the New York Times. That was before he was completely out of the closet, and…