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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 14 – October 21, 2025 2488 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 43 · Issue 294 Get it by email ↓
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Opinion | Democracy, Thy Name Is Trump

The government shutdown extended into Day 20 on Monday as the Senate failed to advance a House-passed measure to end the impasse for an 11th time.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this NYTGovernment Shutdown Threatens Pay for Air Traffic Controllers 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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Top Stories 379 stories

  1. Details on 7th U.S. strike against alleged drug boat

    ABC · 4 outlets

  2. State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments

    FOX · 4 outlets

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  1. For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight

    ABC · 3 outlets

  2. 10/17: CBS Mornings Plus

    NYT · 4 outlets

  3. How Trump Aims to Redefine the Military

    NYT · 3 outlets

Business 214 stories

  1. U.S. Futures Down; Dollar Rose as U.S.-China Tensions Ease

    WSJ · 3 outlets

    Investors are hopeful for a resolution to the U.S. government shutdown while an easing of concerns over U.S. credit conditions also helped lift the dollar.

  2. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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  1. Grindr Confirms Buyout Interest From Top Investors

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. Strong Bank Earnings Push S&P 500 Higher

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. ‘The tide went out’: How a string of bad loans has bank investors hunting for hidden risks

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  4. Regional Bank Worries Weigh on Stocks

    CNBC · 2 outlets

Sports 282 stories

  1. Jayden Daniels will have an MRI on Monday

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Former Buccaneers RB, NFL All-Pro Doug Martin Dies at 36

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. Source: 'Outrage' over surface at Steelers field

    PFT · 3 outlets

  3. 2025-26 coaching hot seat, retirement guide

    FOX · 3 outlets

Technology 254 stories

  1. 5 easy tips to make your Sora 2 videos pop

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, October 21 (game #1366)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. Apple Vision Pro (M5) to get updated Developer Strap, code and icon reveal

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. Apple’s new M5 chip rivals M1 Ultra in early benchmarks

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  4. Windows 11 KB5066835 and KB5066793 updates released

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  5. Apple TV+ is no more and I don’t understand why – it’s HBO Max all over again

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 130 stories

  1. Kevin Federline Claims Britney Spears Wished Sons Were 'Dead'

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Prince Andrew Being Investigated for Trying to Find Info on Accuser: Report

    USMag · 1 outlets

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

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Sam Rivers, Limp Bizkit Founding Member, Dead at Age 48

    USMag · 1 outlets

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