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2025-26 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row (sitting) left to right: N. Trethewey, C. Lozada, N. Carroll, N. Barnes, M. Miller, G. Chua; back row left to right: K. Lytle Hernández, V. T. Nguyen, A. Applebaum, J. Archibald, D. Remnick, J. Pace, V. Iyer, G. Escobar, G. Thompson, K. Merida (absent: J. Cobb). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)
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Nancy Barnes and Nicole Carroll, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator

The Washington Post

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For piercing the veil of secrecy around the Trump administration's chaotic overhaul of federal agencies and chronicling in rich detail the human impacts of the cuts and the consequences for the country.
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Categories: Public Service

Staff of Bloomberg

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For reporting on a new generation of so-called “revolutionary” cancer drugs that revealed how pharmaceutical companies, lobbyists and medical entrepreneurs have reaped huge profits while failing to show that the drugs have extended people's lives.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Staff of Bloomberg

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For coverage of the Trump administration’s deregulation of cryptocurrencies, which revealed conflicts of interest within a complex industry filled with unusual characters.
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Categories: National Reporting

Staff of The New York Times

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For deeply reported stories that exposed how President Trump has shattered constraints on conflicts of interest and exploited the moneymaking opportunities that come with power, enriching his family and allies.
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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Stephanie Nolen of The New York Times

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For cataloging in devastating detail the harm caused to vulnerable people across the developing world by the Trump administration’s abrupt dismantling of U.S. humanitarian aid, which had fought disease and promoted good health for decades.
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Categories: International Reporting

Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times

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For deeply moving and insightful immigration coverage that held powerful federal agencies to account and revealed the agonizing choices faced by migrants whose lives were upended by the Trump administration’s policies.
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Categories: Beat Reporting
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