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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 24 – October 24, 2025 10798 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 43 · Issue 297 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | IRS Scandal Makes It to Court

The government shutdown stretched into Day 23 on Thursday as the Senate failed to advance a measure to pay some federal workers.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this NYTDemocrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On FOXGovernment shutdown knowledge: gaming out its potential end 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

    Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Trump says he plans to send troops to Portland, Oregon

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 467 stories

  1. Ex-NFL star Doug Martin dead at 36

    ABC · 5 outlets

    The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while acro…

  2. State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. James Comey Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Lying to Congress

    CBS · 5 outlets

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

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. 10/23: CBS Mornings Plus

    CBS · 5 outlets

  2. 10/2: CBS Evening News Plus

    NYT · 4 outlets

  3. The Mortgage Fraud Case Against Letitia James, Explained

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. U.S. B-1 Bombers Flew Near Venezuelan Air Space

    CBS · 4 outlets

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

    CBS · 4 outlets

  6. Second Victim of Dallas ICE Shooting Dies

    CBS · 5 outlets

  7. Reporter's Notebook: What is work for?

    CBS · 4 outlets

  8. Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 330 stories

  1. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Post Back-to-Back Losses

    MKTW · 3 outlets

    Investors are wary of stocks and earnings viewed through political fog.

  2. Dow Industrials Hit Record, Boosted by Strong Earnings

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. Regional Bank Worries Weigh on Stocks

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Senators announce deal on aviation safety legislation

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. Global Markets Up After Powell Signals New Rate Cuts

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  3. Market Call - BNN Bloomberg

    CNBC · 4 outlets

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

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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

    MKTW · 3 outlets

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

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  7. U.S. mulls software-linked export curbs on China: ‘Everything is on the table’

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  8. ‘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

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

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Asia Stock Markets Fall as U.S.-China Trade Tensions Flare Up

    CNBC · 2 outlets

Sports 456 stories

  1. Who's the Best Team in the NFL? 'FOX NFL Sunday' Weighs In

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  2. AP Week 8 poll reaction: What's next for each Top 25 team

    ESPN · 3 outlets

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  1. Former Arsenal academy player Billy Vigar dies at 21 after suffering 'significant brain injury'

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Miami leads 10-0 after Darren Waller's TD

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  3. Fields shrugs off Jets owner's criticism of his play

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  4. Tua apologizes for comments: 'Made a mistake'

    CBS · 4 outlets

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

    FOX · 3 outlets

  6. Micah Parsons expands on his tush push criticism

    FOX · 4 outlets

Technology 319 stories

  1. Apple Wallet got a highly requested new setting in iOS 26

    9to5 · 2 outlets

    Benjamin and Chance react to the inclusion of a new Liquid Glass toggle in Settings in iOS 26.1 beta 4, and whether it reflects Apple’s lack of confidence in software design. The Apple TV F1 deal is …

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, October 23 (game #1368)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Warner Bros says Apple has shown interest in acquiring its TV and film library

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. I used the Philips LatteGo 4400 Series for two weeks and found it produced excellent coffee, but its milk foaming could use improvement

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  2. Apple teases new MacBook Pro: ‘Something powerful is coming’

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. How to spot dark web threats on your network using NDR

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  4. Do you really own your website?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  5. Apple rolls out macOS Tahoe 26.1 public beta 3

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

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

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  8. Lenovo goes tiny as it embraces AMD-based Ryzen mini PCs - including one offering venerable VGA and COM ports for legacy applications

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  9. Leaked Apple iPad Pro M5 benchmark shows massive improvements

    9to5 · 3 outlets

Entertainment 364 stories

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

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Diane Keaton's Cause Of Death Has Been Revealed By Her Family

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. TLC's Baylen Dupree Addresses Pregnancy Rumors

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Are You More "SWAG" Or "SWAG II"?

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  3. RHOP’s Wendy Osefo Accuses Police of an ‘Illegal Arrest’ Over Fraud Charges

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. Influencer Estefania Restrepo Valencia Dies After Alleged Highway Robbery

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. Meet the Women Launching OnlyFans Later in Life

    USMag · 1 outlets

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

    USMag · 3 outlets

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