US EditionAP, Washington Post, Reuters and Minnesota Star Tribune among Pulitzer winners for 2025 work
The awards recognized watchdog reporting on federal agency cuts, Chinese surveillance ties and a Minneapolis school shooting, with winners receiving $15,000.
- Coverage of the Trump administration dominated the Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday as the committee critiqued restrictions on reporting freedom.
- Pulitzer Administrator Marjorie Miller stated, "We stand for civil discourse and against censorship," citing restricted media access to the White House and Pentagon amid the administration's legal actions against media outlets.
- The Reuters news agency won national reporting for coverage of Trump's use of executive power to "exact vengeance on his foes," while The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune investigated his family's enrichment and immigration crackdown.
- Additionally, the Washington Post received the public service award for coverage of Trump's "chaotic" bureaucracy reconstruction, and the Minnesota Star Tribune won for reporting on a shooting at a Catholic school that left two children dead.
- Overseen by Columbia University, the awards also recognized the Associated Press for reporting on surveillance technology sales to China and Texas Monthly for coverage of Central Texas floods.
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The Pulitzer Prizes this year go to several researches on the politics of US President Donald Trump.
The Pulitzer Prizes were established by the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer and were first awarded in 1917.
The New York University of Columbia presented on Monday, May 4, the awards that honour the work of journalists and media every year. For this edition, 2026, the awards distinguished the investigations of the U.S. president.
The Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism have been announced in the United States. The most prestigious award for public service went to the Washington Post for its reporting on the extensive, chaotic and uncoordinated austerity measures of the Donald Trump administration.
The Pulitzer Prizes are considered the world's most important award in journalism. This year they were awarded primarily for reporting on the US administration under Trump - for example on immigration policy.
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