New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters Lead Pulitzer Prize Winners

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes recognized outstanding achievements in journalism, with The New York Times winning for its explanatory reporting on U.S. failures in Afghanistan and international coverage of the Sudan conflict, including the gold trade fueling violence. The Washington Post was honored for its urgent breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign rally, while its former cartoonist Ann Telnaes received the illustrated reporting award after leaving the paper due to a censored cartoon critical of Trump and Jeff Bezos. The Wall Street Journal was awarded for its national reporting on Elon Musk's influence in U.S. politics and for coverage of rising drug deaths in Baltimore. Reuters won the investigative reporting prize for its series exposing how Chinese-supplied chemicals, enabled by U.S. trade rules, fuel America's fentanyl crisis. Doug Mills of The New York Times was recognized for his striking photography of the Trump shooting attempt. The Pulitzers also highlighted ProPublica's reporting on maternal deaths linked to abortion restrictions and The New Yorker’s coverage of the Gaza conflict and U.S. military actions in Iraq.