Overview
- The committee named the 2026 winners Monday, awarding the Washington Post the Public Service gold medal for uncovering deep cuts and restructuring across federal agencies and showing how those moves hurt everyday people.
- Reuters won National Reporting for detailing how President Donald Trump used federal power to expand his influence and retaliate against opponents.
- The New York Times took Investigative Reporting for revealing how Trump’s family and allies gained financially, including benefits tied to wealthy Gulf states and cryptocurrency ventures.
- The Associated Press earned International Reporting for tracing how U.S. companies sold surveillance tools that strengthened China’s monitoring systems and later appeared in use by American border agencies.
- Other honors recognized the Chicago Tribune’s reporting on aggressive ICE operations in the city, powerful photography from Gaza, work on AI risks and the Texas flood, and a special citation for Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown’s Epstein exposé.