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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 18 – October 18, 2025 10198 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 42 · Issue 291 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | The Brendan Carr Democrats

The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this FOX'Democrat shutdown' will next jeopardize US nuclear stockpile with imminent furloughs: Wh… NYTFederal Courts Run Out of Funding Amid Government Shutdown, Threatening Delays ABCDemocrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He's shown little interest in…
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What dominated October

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Second Victim of Dallas ICE Shooting Dies

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Trump says he plans to send troops to Portland, Oregon

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Opinion | The Embarrassing Pete Hegseth

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 539 stories

  1. 9/19: CBS Evening News Plus

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. College football assistant coach Shawn Clark dead at 50

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. 10/17: CBS Mornings Plus

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Dallin H. Oaks Addresses Latter-day Saints General Conference

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. Trump’s Favored Prosecutor Is Moving at Full Steam

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Tennessee Officials Sue Over National Guard Presence in Memphis

    NYT · 4 outlets

  3. Second Victim of Dallas ICE Shooting Dies

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean

    NYT · 3 outlets

  5. Opinion | Trump’s Big Beautiful Gaza Peace Plan

    CBS · 4 outlets

  6. U.S. immigration official on the fate of DACA under Trump

    NYT · 4 outlets

  7. Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean

    NYT · 5 outlets

  8. Trump says he plans to send troops to Portland, Oregon

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 428 stories

  1. Global Markets Rise Despite U.S. Government Shutdown

    MKTW · 3 outlets

    A MarketWatch poll finds that 47% of respondents say their No. 1 shutdown concern is the potential hit to the U.S. economy.

  2. Volatility Returns to Stalk the Stock Market

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Stocks Bounce Back After Friday’s Selloff

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Regional Bank Worries Weigh on Stocks

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. FICO Shakes Up Credit-Score Market

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. ACA enhanced subsidy lapse could hit early retirees hardest amid shutdown fight

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  3. Options Traders Bet on Weaker Sterling Ahead of U.K. Budget

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  4. Berkshire Hathaway Near $10 Billion Deal for Occidental’s Petrochemical Unit

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  6. How Jefferies Found Itself at the Center of First Brands’ Collapse

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  7. Why Biotech’s Rally Can Last This Time

    CNBC · 4 outlets

  8. My sister is 65. She has $80,000 in bonds and savings, and $2,600 a month in Social Security. Can she retire?

    MKTW · 1 outlets

  9. Demand Surges for Private-Credit Secondaries Amid Market Volatility

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Jefferies Deepens Ties With Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui

    CNBC · 2 outlets

Sports 408 stories

  1. Wyshynski predicts every NHL team's finish in 2025-26

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  2. 📈 CFB Power Rankings: Indiana climbs into top 3

    ESPN · 3 outlets

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  1. How the Aces defeated the Mercury in Game 4

    CBS · 2 outlets

  2. Cowboys' flight out of Dallas is delayed

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Yamamoto-led Dodgers oust Reds to reach NLDS

    FOX · 4 outlets

  4. Mavs sign Kidd to multiyear contract extension

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  5. Kershaw soaks in curtain call in possible L.A. finale

    FOX · 3 outlets

  6. Agent: Hill's surgery went well, WR to play in '26

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 180 stories

  1. Walmart gives ChatGPT checkout power

    9to5 · 3 outlets

    Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overc…

  2. Maya Rudolph’s ‘Loot’ is back for season 3 on Apple TV

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Quordle hints and answers for Friday, October 10 (game #1355)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. Since the Ninja Prestige DualBrew coffee maker came into my life, I'm finally becoming a morning person

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  2. iPhone Air sells out almost instantly in China

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. AirPods Pro 3 after one month: The most complicated upgrade yet

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. Amazon AU's October Prime sale ends Monday, but I'd jump on these 7 bestsellers quick – they might not last

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  5. Over 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances exposed to remote attacks

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  6. Microsoft lifts more safeguard holds blocking Windows 11 updates

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  7. 5 easy tips to make your Sora 2 videos pop

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  8. Here’s everything new with the latest Apple Vision Pro

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  9. The best earbuds for every budget, all TechRadar tested and recommended

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 351 stories

  1. Taylor Swift Donates $100K to Young Girl With Brain Tumor

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Diane Keaton Saw Doctor 2 Days Before Death From Pneumonia at 79

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Jon Stewart Addresses ABC Pulling Jimmy Kimmel Off Air

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Jay Leno Supports Jimmy Kimmel Years After Feud: ‘I’m for Free Speech’

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Keith Urban Reacts to Fan Telling Him Her Name Is 'Nicole'

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Taylor Swift Attends Selena Gomez’s Wedding to Benny Blanco

    USMag · 3 outlets

  5. TikTok Comedian Steve Bridges Dead at Age 41, Wife Confirms

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. Bette Midler Gushes About 'Magical' First Wives Club Costar Diane Keaton

    USMag · 1 outlets

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