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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 12 – August 19, 2025 2158 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 231 Get it by email ↓
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Reporter's Notebook: When George W. Bush met Putin

President Trump has appeared to renew his faith in Vladimir Putin after the Alaska summit, even as the Russian president's promises and actions don't always align. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

CBS · 5 sources

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Top Stories 350 stories

  1. Opinion | Trump’s Stunning Foreign Policy

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. Zelensky Suits Up for Trump

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. 8/18: CBS Evening News

    CBS · 1 outlets

  2. Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes

    CBS · 5 outlets

  3. U.S. Marshals Service director lays out strategy for Washington, D.C., crime crackdown

    FOX · 2 outlets

Business 167 stories

  1. Are You a Stock Market Genius? Take Our Quiz.

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Investors are also looking ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's annual speech at the central bank's summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

  2. Intel is getting a $2 billion investment from SoftBank

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. CoreWeave’s mixed earnings fail to wow AI bulls, and the stock falls

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. Zelenskyy to meet with Trump after Putin talks end without a ceasefire

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  2. This has been one of the best earnings seasons on record, per Goldman Sachs

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  3. Private Equity’s Big Fish See Deals Machinery Gearing Up

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. Warren Buffett's secret stock could be revealed imminently. What it could be

    MKTW · 3 outlets

Sports 283 stories

  1. Andy Dalton to have tests on elbow injury

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Trey Hendrickson trade talks haven't gotten close

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Zack Wheeler on IL with blood clot: What it means, what to expect

    FOX · 3 outlets

  3. The best tifos from the Premier League's opening weekend

    ESPN · 2 outlets

Technology 187 stories

  1. Apple releases visionOS 26 developer beta 7

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  2. Is now a good time to buy an Apple Watch?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. If Google wants the Pixel 10 to beat the iPhone 17, I think it should bring back its best-ever feature

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  2. Apple prepares for iPhone 17 launch by expanding its reach

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. Deals: M4 Mac mini $499, 24GB M3 MacBook Air $500 off, AirPods, portable SSD, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  4. Gemini is about to remember everything, unless you tell it not to

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  5. Apple releases watchOS 11.6.1, here’s what’s new

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 140 stories

  1. Taylor Swift and Zoe Kravitz's Friendship Timeline: Everything to Know

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Brandon Blackstock's Death Certificate Reveals He Suffered Seizures

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. 19 Celebs Who Became Famous Much Later In Life

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. What Is Kate Gosselin's Job? What She Does for a Living After Reality TV

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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