for his fascinating story on how Elkhart County, Indiana, grappled with the economic, cultural and moral ramifications of becoming a place known for locking up immigrants. https://bit.ly/2nafiEy
for seeking comment from Chief Justice John Roberts after President Donald Trump made disparaging remarks about judges on a federal court circuit. Robertsâ response, an unprecedented rebuke of Trump, scored a major scoop on what quickly became the top story in the United States. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and most, if not all other news organizations, mentioned that Robertsâ statement was the result of APâs inquiry. https://bit.ly/2PGAUsK
for a report that the Trump administration is considering using military bases as other federal properties on the West Coast to export coal and natural gas to Asia after several major port proposals have been blocked by coastal states. https://bit.ly/2J2Xzca
for an AP exclusive and the first one-on-one interview with two he wife of Interpol's ex-president, who disappeared in China.https://bit.ly/2EvQGlbhttps://bit.ly/2OurGz3
for their analysis showing that brand-name prescription prices continue to rise and that the Trump Administration has not delivered on its promises to cut prescription drug price increases. https://bit.ly/2xCVi2M
for reporting exclusively that a former British spy told a senior Justice Department official in the summer of 2016 that Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump âover a barrel.â https://bit.ly/2wB4Fif
âWhatâs in the safe?â
The headline on the cover of the New York Post editions on Aug. 23 spoke volumes about the impact, power and reach of AP reporting on the legal chaos surrounding President Donald Trump.
Washington investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz exclusively reported that the National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Trump leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Horwitz's story quickly went to No. 1 on AP Mobile and led websites around the world.
It was one of two AP exclusives touching on Trumpâs former personal attorney Michael Cohen that seized the nationâs attention last week. In addition to Horwitz, Albany statehouse reporter David Klepper was first to report that New York state investigators subpoenaed Cohen as part of their probe into the Trump Foundation. Klepper reported that Cohen is a potentially significant source for state investigators looking into whether Trump or his charity broke state law or lied about their tax liability.
For their exclusives, Horwitz and Klepper win the Beat of the Week.
for being ahead on the news that First Lady Melania Trumpâs first big international solo trip will be to Africa. https://bit.ly/2N61Kby
for reporting the news that former presidential candidate Gary Johnson is running for the U.S. Senate even before his campaign announcement. https://bit.ly/2MtXgMs
for a story that revealed how former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newmanâs turn against President Trump wasnât enough to convince blacks to let her return to the family fold. https://bit.ly/2MJbjwW
for revealing exclusively that Donald Trump Jr. and a hedge fund manager who helped raise millions for the Trump campaign â and who later lobbied National Security Council officials â had an undisclosed business relationship dating back years. http://nydn.us/2GRAQyK
âWho do you believe?â
In the defining moment of the US-Russia summit in Helsinki, President Donald Trump stood side-by-side with Russia's Vladimir Putin and appeared to side with Russian denials when asked whether Moscow meddled in the 2016 election.
The crystal-clear question came from AP White House reporter Jonathan Lemire, who asked Trump to choose between Putin and his own intelligence agencies.
The exchange, and an equally bold couple of questions to Putin, was the capstone of a grueling weeklong reporting effort by Lemire and fellow White House reporter Jill Colvin as they chronicled Trumpâs tumultuous travels across Europe. The two, working in cooperation with colleagues in Europe and Russia, delivered smart spot reporting and strong enterprise at every stop on the presidentâs jaw-dropping trip.
For their exhaustive and highly impactful work, they win Beat of the Week.
for exclusively reporting that a letter from the Trump legal team to special counsel Robert Mueller called fired FBI Director James Comey âMachiavellian,â dishonest and âunbounded by law and regulation.â https://bit.ly/2ukovhs
for revealing that despite its denials, Donald Trumpâs re-election campaign is secretly working with former employees of disgraced political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, at a new, small data company with direct financial ties to Trumpâs campaign manager. https://abcn.ws/2thovON
for arranging for a lawyer representing five news organization to attend a hearing and persuade a judge to preserve public access to the court proceeding involving Trumpâs personal attorney Michael Cohen, an intervention that led to the surprise revealing of the name of another of Cohenâs clients â Sean Hannity. https://bit.ly/2Fmp5Ox
for obtaining the first published western interview of Natalia Veselnitskaya. The Russian lawyer, with reported links to the Kremlin, was at the center of a famous meeting in Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. She told AP she has not yet been called for questioning by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. https://bit.ly/2HYgQNR
for uncovering a secret $30,000 agreement â with a $1 million penalty â negotiated by the parent company of the National Enquirer to prevent other news organizations from investigating a salacious tip about Donald Trump's sex life until after the 2016 presidential election. https://bit.ly/2IND95x
for an exclusive report about a Trump administration proposal under consideration to permit mandatory drug testing of certain food stamp recipients. https://bit.ly/2HCNiW0
for their exclusive interview with IOC President Thomas Bach, who revealed he had met Kim Jong Un and that Kim had endorsed North Korean participation in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. https://bit.ly/2HcU0iA
for an intimate look at how refugee families living side by side in the same city have been affected by President Trumpâs refugee policies in very different ways. https://bit.ly/2GUJPPr