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AP Poll US Jews Divisions
FILE - President Donald Trump gestures during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington, as Rabbi Levi Shemtov watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Best of the AP — First Winner

AP-NORC poll and reporting highlights U.S. Jewish community’s views on sensitive issues

JULY 17, 2026

Lindsey Graham Dies
FILE - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. answers questions from the media near an exhibition of damaged Russian vehicles in central Kyiv, on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

AP delivers fast and comprehensive breaking news coverage of Lindsey Graham’s unexpected death

JULY 17, 2026

Israel Sea Clearing Munitions
Divers descend to place mock munitions on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Rishon LeZion, Israel, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Visually-driven AP exclusive on Israel munitions clearance the result of more than a year of reporting and negotiating access

JULY 17, 2026

Iran Stress on Families
FILE - A man sits on a bench in a memorial, set for the school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on Feb. 28, in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Best of the AP — First Winner

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children 

JULY 10, 2026

Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

AP Supreme Court writers lapped the field in delivering the court’s ruling on birthright citizenship 

JULY 10, 2026

Europe Russia Drones
FILE - The tanker Boracay that allegedly belongs to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, is seen Oct. 2, 2025, off Saint-Nazaire, France's Atlantic coast. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier, File)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Exclusive reporting and innovative visual storytelling explain complex Russian security threat in Europe 

JULY 10, 2026

Global Scams Technology
Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked into scamming, looks out from the window of his CM Fisheries office before starting the day, in Sulthan Bathery in the southern state of Kerala, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation shows how AI and other American technologies are abused to fuel scam industry

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Switzerland Vatican Defiant Traditionalists
Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP provides in-depth coverage of a historic schism in the Catholic Church 

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Taylor Swift Wedding
A "Just Married" sign is displayed on Madison Square Garden during a wedding between singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce on Friday, July 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers dominant live video, pre-wedding scoops on Swift-Kelce nuptials 

JULY 10, 2026

Media Lost Generation
FILE - Columbia College Chicago student Kailey Ryan reads a newspaper in Chicago on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

America 250 polling reveals depths of nation’s divisions ahead of US anniversary 

JULY 10, 2026

Western Wildfires
A helicopter flies near the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver, Utah, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Building on beat expertise, reporters connect wildland firefighter deaths to policy changes 

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela Earthquake
A man jumps on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Adrian Naranjo)

Best of the AP — First Winner

Defining the story: AP’s comprehensive coverage of Venezuela’s double earthquake   

JULY 6, 2026

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