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New York Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes

NYT - Media · Katie Robertson · last updated May 4, 2026 – 11:57 AM

The Washington Post won the award for public service, considered the most prestigious of the Pulitzers, for its coverage of the Trump administration’s overhaul of federal agencies.

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