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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close November 9 – December 9, 2025 10582 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 50 · Issue 343 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | Hegseth’s Order and the Admiral

The president said he would defer to his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on whether to release a video showing a follow-up attack that killed survivors of a Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat.

NYT · 5 sources

Also covering this CBS12/7: CBS Weekend News ABCKey GOP senator says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed two sur… FOXUS carries out 22nd strike on alleged drug vessel operated by a designated terrorist orga…
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What dominated December

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    NFL Hall of Famer Kenny Easley dies at 66

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    11/10: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 246 stories

  1. Grand Jury Declines to Indict Letitia James Again

    WSJ · 5 outlets

    Congress passed a new law, cited by the judge, requiring that files related to the convicted sex offender be made public.

  2. 12/8: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    CBS · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | Why CEOs Get Paid So Much

    FOX · 5 outlets

  4. Opinion | Making Cars More Affordable Again

    FOX · 5 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  2. New Orleans Restaurants Feel Squeezed as Border Patrol Sweeps In

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Top Economics Group Bans Larry Summers for Life

    FOX · 5 outlets

  4. NFL Hall of Famer Kenny Easley dies at 66

    NYT · 5 outlets

  5. Opinion | Trump’s Tariff Rebate Contradictions

    CBS · 4 outlets

  6. Judge Halts Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment

    NYT · 5 outlets

  7. Pope Leo brings message of peace to Lebanon after leaving Turkey

    ABC · 4 outlets

  8. Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Tennessee

    WSJ · 5 outlets

Business 222 stories

  1. AI Is Making Big Tech Weaker

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    U.S. stock futures inched slightly higher ahead of the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting.

  2. Stocks Rebound, and Bitcoin Makes Full Recovery From Monday’s Selloff

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. China’s Answer to Nvidia Soars 425% in Market Debut

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Stock Market News, Dec. 2, 2025: Bitcoin Rebounds, Stocks Move Higher

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. USD/JPY Falls; BOJ Gov Speech in Focus

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Why Netflix Shareholders Aren’t Thrilled to Acquire Warner Bros.

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Repsol, HitecVision to Merge JV With TotalEnergies UK’s Upstream Business

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  5. Berkshire’s Geico Boss Todd Combs Leaves for JPMorgan Ahead of Buffett Retirement

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  6. Natural Gas Prices Rise to Three-Year High

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  7. U.K. Assets Fall on Prospect of U-Turn on Government’s Income Tax Hike Plans

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  8. 401(k)s Are Minting a Generation of ‘Moderate Millionaires’

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  9. 'Untold story' of Charlie Munger's last years

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. U.S. Treasury Yields End Higher

    WSJ · 2 outlets

Sports 368 stories

  1. Former Longtime NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue Dies at 84

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. 🏈 CFP to Pop-Tarts: Picking every bowl game

    ESPN · 3 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Top 5 of CFP unchanged; Ducks leapfrog Ole Miss

    FOX · 3 outlets

  2. Source: Sanders' home broken into during debut

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  3. Lamb: Missed Vegas curfew prompted benching

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. Joey Bosa did not practice again Thursday

    PFT · 4 outlets

  5. Sources: 4 LSU coaches rejoin Rebels for CFP run

    FOX · 4 outlets

  6. Packers activate Jayden Reed

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 338 stories

  1. The best displays to pair with your new Mac

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

    This great price on a new VPN courtesy of cybersecurity giant Norton will help lift your post-Black Friday blues.

  2. iOS 26’s new AirPods setting can solve a common Bluetooth issue

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Amazon slashes the original Blink Mini to a ridiculously low £10

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Netflix plans to keep selling Warner shows to Apple TV, like Ted Lasso

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. IKEA says its colorful new speakers look as good as they sound

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. Quordle hints and answers for Monday, December 8 (game #1414)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  4. Is Apple One worth it for you?

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  5. Microsoft is speeding up the Teams desktop client for Windows

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. 12 Pokémon gift ideas that make up for the lack of TCG stock — trust me, I have a Pikachu tattoo

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  7. Here’s everything new Apple TV has coming in December

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  8. Amazon has a massive sale on best-selling gifts - here are the 21 best from Apple, Keurig, Ninja, and more

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  9. I’ve picked the best Cyber Monday TV deals still going, including some of the top TVs I’ve personally tested this year

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 409 stories

  1. Tom Sandoval Is Not Married After Wedding Ring Rumors

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Here's What's Going On With The Met Gala/Bezos Controversy

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Sharon and Kelly Osbourne Make 1st Public Appearance After Ozzy's Death

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Minnie Driver Shares How She Feels When She Runs Into Ex Matt Damon and Wife

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. RHOC’s Meghan King Reaches Deal With Ex Jim After Temporarily Losing Custody

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. Nicola Coughlan Addresses 'Intense' Attention on Age-Gap Relationship

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Diddy Helped Organize Prison Thanksgiving Meal for 1,000 Fellow Inmates

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. Man Who Rushed at Ariana Grande on 'Wicked' Red Carpet Charged in Singapore

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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