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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close February 20 – March 22, 2025 9576 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 12 · Issue 81 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

How Trump’s Tariffs Affect U.S. Farmers

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided new details into how President Trump will roll out a sweeping and elusive tariff measure planned for April 2.

NYT · 4 sources

Also covering this CBSTrump firmly stands by April 2 reciprocal tariffs pledge ABCTrump imposes 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, saying they will create jobs… FOXUS judge orders Trump admin to pay portion of $2B in foreign aid by Monday
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What dominated March

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Progressives Keep Up Heat on Chuck Schumer

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Did Covid Open the Door to a Measles Outbreak?

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 332 stories

  1. Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days

    CBS · 4 outlets

    Putin agrees to halt strikes on energy infrastructure; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defends voting for GOP bill that averted government shutdown

  2. Why Trump Can’t Immediately Shut Down the Education Department

    FOX · 3 outlets

  3. What's Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more

    ABC · 5 outlets

  4. Former MLB pitcher Scott Sauerbeck dead at 53

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. Progressives Keep Up Heat on Chuck Schumer

    ABC · 5 outlets

  2. Understanding Trump's 2024 comeback

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Did Covid Open the Door to a Measles Outbreak?

    FOX · 5 outlets

  4. Dust Storms in Texas and New Mexico Raise Fire Risks

    NYT · 4 outlets

  5. States team up to defend green transportation projects targeted by Trump

    ABC · 4 outlets

  6. Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.

    CBS · 5 outlets

  7. The Agonizing Familiarity of the Pope’s Condition

    NYT · 3 outlets

  8. Judge fumes over late-night deportation move signed ‘in the dark’

    FOX · 3 outlets

Business 430 stories

  1. Consumer Angst Is Striking All Income Levels

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Zooming out, stocks struggled to fully recover from a sell-off on Friday, with the S&P 500 slightly lower.

  2. Meet the Trump Voters Downplaying Hits to Their 401(k)s

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Gold Is Set for Third Week of Gains, Ready to Rise Higher

    WSJ · 2 outlets

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  1. Stocks Have a Big, Expensive Problem

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Oil prices end lower, erasing weekly gains

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Hong Kong markets fall over 2% as U.S. economic uncertainties linger, other Asia markets mixed

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  4. How to Tell if the Market Selloff Has Hit Bottom

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Settle Higher

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. Trump’s New World Order Tests the Dollar

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  7. Gold Steady as Fed Leaves Rates on Hold

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  8. Social Security pushes some beneficiaries to online or in-person meetings

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  9. Market froth needs to settle down, Jim Cramer says

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Here’s how many ‘dead people’ really collect Social Security

    CNBC · 2 outlets

Sports 385 stories

  1. TE Stephen Carlson re-signs with Bears

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. Belichick flips 4-star Ruffin from A&M to UNC

    FOX · 3 outlets

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  1. Sources: Free agent QB Rodgers visits Steelers

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. Men's NCAA tournament: Live updates, highlights, reactions and more

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Rankings: The top 25 teams after Week 3

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  4. Former NFL receiver Paul Flatley dies at 84

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  5. Transfer rumors, news: Félix not likely to stay at Milan

    ESPN · 1 outlets

  6. Slot given two-match ban after derby chaos

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 383 stories

  1. PSA: Apple confirms ongoing Apple Music outage

    9to5 · 2 outlets

    Lots of attention right now is on Apple’s Siri struggles. But to shift to the company’s positives for a moment, the most recent Apple product has proven an unusually great one. Here’s why the M4 MacB…

  2. How good is the iPhone 16e camera?

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  3. Latest iPhone 17 dummy units seemingly indicate the metal and glass sections

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

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  1. Why you really shouldn’t buy this iPhone

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. Rumor Replay: Siri shake-ups, iOS 19 goals, C2 modem, more

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. The next big Apple TV+ show will pack wild numbers of Hollywood stars

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. What does the e stand for in iPhone 16e?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  6. The AI race: Dark AI is in the lead, but good AI is catching up

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  7. Severance creator explains big finale ending, teases season 3, future plans

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  8. These are my favorite Find My accessories

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  9. Vision Pro Diary: Delightful experiences I’ve had in visionOS so far

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 426 stories

  1. Prince Frederik’s Family Shares Touching Photo of Royal After Death at 22

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Elizabeth Hurley Reveals the One Thing She 'Can't Stand' on Oscars Night

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr.'s Sweetest Moments

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Fans Are Convinced Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Took a Dig at Meghan Markle

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. Teddi Mellencamp Details Date With ‘Really Cute’ Man After Brain Surgery

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Dolly Parton Has ‘Not Stopped Crying' Over Carl Dean Tribute

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. What celebrity death are you never going to get over?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Matthew Lawrence Claims He Was Reported On Set By Gabrielle Union

    USMag · 2 outlets

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