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Pulitzer Awards Announced Post-Trump Attack; AP, Reuters Win

5/5/2026

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The Pulitzer Board announced the 2025 journalism awards a week after an armed attacker tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at White House Correspondents’ dinner.
The Associated Press won the international reporting prize for a three-year probe that showed U.S. firms helped build China’s surveillance system.
Reuters received two awards, one for beat reporting on Meta and another for national reporting on President Donald Trump’s use of government influence.

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The Pulitzer Board announced the 2025 journalism awards a week after an armed attacker tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at White House Correspondents’ dinner.
The Associated Press won the international reporting prize for a three-year probe that showed U.S. firms helped build China’s surveillance system.
Reuters received two awards, one for beat reporting on Meta and another for national reporting on President Donald Trump’s use of government influence.