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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 19 – October 19, 2025 10072 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 42 · Issue 292 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Marion Irvine, the ‘Running Nun’ Who Won Races in Her 50s, Dies at Age 95

As the shutdown nears a fourth week, President Trump has pushed his political opponents to further dig in.

NYT · 5 sources

Also covering this CBSGovernment shutdown becomes third-longest in history with no end in sight FOX'Democrat shutdown' will next jeopardize US nuclear stockpile with imminent furloughs: Wh… 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 600 stories

  1. 9/19: CBS Evening News Plus

    FOX · 5 outlets

    William Loggans filed a grievance against the Orange County School District for political discrimination after being ordered to remove a Charlie Kirk poster from his classroom.

  2. College football assistant coach Shawn Clark dead at 50

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | Can Cuomo Beat Mamdani?

    CBS · 5 outlets

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

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. Smartmatic Indicted Over Alleged Bribes

    FOX · 4 outlets

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

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Tennessee Officials Sue Over National Guard Presence in Memphis

    NYT · 4 outlets

  4. Second Victim of Dallas ICE Shooting Dies

    CBS · 5 outlets

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

    CBS · 5 outlets

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

    NYT · 3 outlets

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

    CBS · 4 outlets

  8. Opinion | The Middle East’s Yalta Moment

    CBS · 4 outlets

Business 483 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

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  2. Nvidia Has a Problem: Too Much Money

    CNBC · 3 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. ‘I have no retirement savings’: My wife and I are in our 40s. She has an $85K Roth IRA. Is it too late for me?

    MKTW · 1 outlets

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

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  8. Stock futures are little changed as earnings season heats up: Live updates

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Social Security COLA for 2026: Agency confirms when to expect announcement

    CNBC · 2 outlets

Sports 336 stories

  1. Women's college basketball Preseason Top 25 for 2025-26

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Team Europe Retains Ryder Cup, Reasserts Dominance Over Americans

    ESPN · 3 outlets

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  1. Micah Parsons expands on his tush push criticism

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Yamamoto-led Dodgers oust Reds to reach NLDS

    FOX · 3 outlets

  3. Source: Cards QB Murray expected out Sunday

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  4. How the Aces defeated the Mercury in Game 4

    CBS · 2 outlets

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

    PFT · 4 outlets

  6. UAB, interim Mortensen shock No. 22 Memphis

    ESPN · 3 outlets

Technology 238 stories

  1. Do iPhone 16 cases fit the iPhone 17?

    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 Sunday, October 19 (game #1364)

    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. Walmart gives ChatGPT checkout power

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. iPhone Air sells out almost instantly in China

    9to5 · 3 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. AirPods Pro 3 after one month: The most complicated upgrade yet

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

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

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

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

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  8. Microsoft lifts more safeguard holds blocking Windows 11 updates

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. Apple rolls out macOS Tahoe 26.1 public beta 3

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 343 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. Keith Urban Reacts to Fan Telling Him Her Name Is 'Nicole'

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Jimmy Kimmel's Latest Trump Dig Isn't Going To Go Over Well

    USMag · 2 outlets

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

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Which "The Life Of A Showgirl" Song Are You?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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

    USMag · 3 outlets

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

    USMag · 1 outlets

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