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AP Poll AI
Audiologist Courtney Thayer sits at her desk in her office, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Des Moines, Iowa. A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans say they have used artificial intelligence to search for information, according to a new poll that highlights the ubiquity of the technology. But it's younger adults who appear to be the generation leaning the most into AI, with many using it for brainstorms and work tasks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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AP-NORC polling tracker provides a digital home for nearly a decade of public opinion data

AUG. 1, 2025

Immigration Militarized Border
A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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All-formats AP team gains extensive, exclusive access to militarized border zones

AUG. 1, 2025

Bathrooms Statehouses Women
On Monday, July 21, 2025, Colorado House Majority Leader Monica Duran, D-Wheat Ridge, holds a photo of Rep. Arie Taylor, the state's first Black woman legislator, who was instrumental in creating the first women's restroom at the state Capitol in Denver. (AP Photo/Rachel Woolf)

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Women in legislatures across the U.S. fight for ‘potty parity’

AUG. 1, 2025

US Petroglyphs Hawaii
Cultural practitioner Glen Kila walks around the petroglyphs carved into the rock at Pokai Bay during low tide, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

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AP joy and wonder video on Hawaii petroglyphs earns widespread customer use and hundreds of thousands of online views

AUG. 1, 2025

Trump-Immigration-Health
With posters illustrating stages of pregnancy behind them, people attend a health clinic about diabetes held by Holy Family Services, a birth center and women's clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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AP journalists document the impact of immigration policies on public health

AUG. 1, 2025

Trump Education Grant Freeze
Children raise their hands while participating in activities during the East Providence Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp at Emma G. Whiteknact Elementary School on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Providence R.I. (AP Photo/Sophie Park)

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AP digs deep to illustrate real-life impact of Trump policies

JULY 25, 2025

Trump
President Donald Trump is greeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as he arrives at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

JULY 25, 2025

Climate Heat Death Valley Ultramarathon
Danny Westergaard, left, runs with pacing help from daughter Madison Westergaard as the sun rises during the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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All-formats team brings readers to 48-hour race in inhospitably hot environment

JULY 25, 2025

Trump
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks as she holds up a letter from President Donald Trump to South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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AP breaks down Trump’s letters on tariffs to other nations’ leaders, helping readers understand what’s unusual about them

JULY 25, 2025

Texas-Floods-FEMA Map
FILE - Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)

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AP demonstrates strength in breaking news with urgent and deep reporting of Texas’ deadly floods

JULY 18, 2025

Russia-Ukraine-Cybercrime
Law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America targeted a cybercrime network launching online attacks against Ukraine and its allies. (AP Graphic)

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AP intelligence reporting exposes growing Russian sabotage efforts around Europe

JULY 18, 2025

Liberia US Aid Cuts Photo Gallery
Gbango Kemu, 36, who got pregnant after failing to get access to contraceptives, sits with her daughter Garmah at their house in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP documents the difficulties that have followed U.S. aid cuts in Liberia

JULY 18, 2025

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