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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close June 27 – July 27, 2025 9400 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 30 · Issue 208 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump

At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

NYT · 5 sources

Also covering this CBSTexas lawmakers focus on flood preparedness, response in special session WSJTexas Official Blames Forecasts for Delayed Floods Response ABC3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100
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What dominated July

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    One Way to Fight Wildfires: Burn Your Land Ahead of Time

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Kills at Least Nine People

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Opinion | No Special Counsel for the Epstein Files

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 350 stories

  1. Former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete dies at 91

    FOX · 5 outlets

    A federal appeals court judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

  2. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Trump budget bill, Zohran Mamdani

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty to Killing 4 Idaho Students

    FOX · 5 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. Right-Wing Influencers Say Ghislaine Maxwell Is Key to Unlocking Epstein Case

    NYT · 3 outlets

  2. Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump returns to court

    ABC · 5 outlets

  3. Trump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats

    CBS · 4 outlets

  4. Federal Judge Halts Immigration Raid Tactics in Los Angeles

    ABC · 5 outlets

  5. One Way to Fight Wildfires: Burn Your Land Ahead of Time

    FOX · 5 outlets

  6. California Republican lawmakers launch campaign to require voter ID

    FOX · 4 outlets

  7. Asylum seeker's wife alleges poor conditions in detention center

    CBS · 4 outlets

  8. 7/4: CBS Evening News Plus

    CBS · 3 outlets

Business 173 stories

  1. Earnings Season Poses New Test for Stock-Market Records

    WSJ · 3 outlets

    Pricey tech heavyweights are sending some individual investors in search of bargains.

  2. 5 ways to build home equity

    CNBC · 4 outlets

  3. Opinion | Of Meme Stocks and Main Street

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Buy these stocks as railroad-merger talk heats up, analyst says

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. Ether rises 2% and bitcoin inches back above $119,000: CNBC Crypto World

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  2. Opinion | Reagan Braved Volcker’s Fed

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Why Banks Are on High Alert About Stablecoins

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Trump's student loan payment changes include one positive for workers in debt

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  5. Opinion | A Risky Plan for Social Security

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  6. Senator Warren Has a New Target on Wall Street: Private Credit

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  7. House Passes Crypto Bills After Trump Rallies Republicans

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  8. Tesla investors are growing wary of Elon Musk's futuristic promises

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  9. Robinhood is up 160% this year, but several obstacles are ahead

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Netflix Is Running Out of Worlds to Conquer

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Sports 373 stories

  1. How Chelsea, PSG compare; who will win?

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. The most obscure MLB All-Stars ever

    FOX · 4 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. England's late show stuns Italy as super-subs seal final spot

    ESPN · 2 outlets

  2. Abreu hits grand slam, inside-the-park HR for Sox

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Building the perfect trade deadline for the Mets and Phillies

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  4. First-half MVPs for all 30 MLB teams

    CBS · 4 outlets

  5. João Pedro signs for Chelsea in £60m deal

    CBS · 4 outlets

  6. Jets announce training camp schedule

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 451 stories

  1. iOS 26 adds a brand new iPhone ringtone, listen here

    9to5 · 2 outlets

    <div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/06/ios-26-phone-app.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>The iPhone’s default ringtone has becom…

  2. Here’s everything new for Apple Maps in iOS 26

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, July 27 (game #1280)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. These new emoji are coming to your iPhone in iOS 26

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. Rumor: Here are the iPhone 17 Air colors

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. New Gemini icon comes to Android and iPhone

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  4. AirTag 2: Here’s what we’re expecting

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  5. Cyberpunk 2077 launching on Mac this week

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  6. 8 Mac-focused features coming in macOS Tahoe 26

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  7. Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  8. Google AI Mode is getting a bigger AI brain from Gemini

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. Analyst corroborates iPhone Fold dimensions, as rumor mill heats up

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 435 stories

  1. Police Confirm SaveAFox YouTuber Mikayla Raines’ Death at Age 29

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Diddy's Sentencing Date Revealed After Post-Trial Hearing

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Adam Sandler Reacts to Pal Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis' Romance

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Sara Foster Reveals if Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Wedding Included NDAs

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. Which Song Is The Imposter?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Kelly Osbourne’s Ups and Downs Through the Years

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Sofia Richie Grainge and Elliot Grainge Reenact Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. 21 Famous People With Surprisingly Normal Real Names

    USMag · 2 outlets

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