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Digital Cage Border Patrol
A license plate reader stands along the side of a road, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Stockdale, Texas. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP pulls back curtain on Border Patrol surveillance system that’s monitoring millions of American drivers

DEC. 1, 2025

Be Well Autoimmune Diseases What to Know
Dr. Sachin Surwase uses a microscope to view cells in the lab where he works on autoimmune research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP reveals new developments in autoimmune disease medicine through extraordinary patient experiences

DEC. 1, 2025

APTOPIX Immigration Court Takeover
An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Comprehensive investigation across 21 cities exposes radical reshaping of immigration courts

DEC. 1, 2025

Medicaid Cuts Community Health Centers Photo Essay
Dr. Melissa Buddensee, left, meets with patient Susan Bushby at Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Franconia, N.H., in the final days before the clinic closes for good. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Intimate reporting reveals the human toll of Medicaid cuts on a rural New England community

DEC. 1, 2025

Federal Enforcement North Carolina
U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino looks on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Deep sourcing uncovers details of the “Swamp Sweep” immigration crackdown in New Orleans

DEC. 1, 2025

ACC Phillips Travels Football
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, right, visits with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, left, on the field before an NCAA college football game between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Deep sourcing secures exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to ACC commissioner

DEC. 1, 2025

France Mapping Le Pen
FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Exclusive data analysis and mapping reveal the link between rising poverty and support for France’s far right

DEC. 1, 2025

Syria Investigating War Crimes
Ussama Uthman poses during an interview with the Associated Press on Sept. 19, 2025, in northern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP lands exceptional interview with long-underground Syrian whistleblower

NOV. 21, 2025

Education Eviction
Elias Washington, right, plays on his phone along with his mother Sechita McNair, left, and adopted brother, Derrick McNair-White, center, as they ride the bus to Atlanta on June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP journalists capture single mom’s quest to keep her son in his school following an eviction

NOV. 21, 2025

Finland Stubb Interview
Finland's President Alexander Stubb greets volunteers during a combat rescue exercises organized by the National Defence Training Association of Finland, in Halvala, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP headline sets news agenda on Ukraine story

NOV. 21, 2025

Paris Attacks-Security Guard Soccer
FILE - Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France stadium after the international friendly soccer France against Germany, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 in Saint Denis, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP captures exclusive eyewitness video and interview marking 2015 Paris attacks anniversary

NOV. 21, 2025

Climate COP30
California Gov. Gavin Newsom arrives for an event at the German Pavilion at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP lands exclusive interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Brazil, culmination of years-long effort

NOV. 21, 2025

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