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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close December 17 – December 24, 2025 2370 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 52 · Issue 358 Get it by email ↓
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How Venezuela Went From U.S. Ally to Trump Target

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.

NYT · 5 sources

Also covering this CBSDOJ releases huge new set of Epstein files with many mentions of Trump WSJTakeaways From the FBI’s Second Batch of Epstein Files FOXDOJ restores Trump photo to Epstein files after determining no victims depicted
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Top Stories 326 stories

  1. CBS News: Rob Reiner - Scenes from a Life

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. Three Days Before Christmas

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. Thousands pay tribute to victims of Bondi Beach attack

    NYT · 4 outlets

  2. 12/21/2025: The Sherpas of Everest; Presenting the Kanneh-Masons

    CBS · 2 outlets

  3. U.S. seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela as Trump warns Maduro

    CBS · 2 outlets

Business 199 stories

  1. Stocks Advance Toward Records in Broad Rally

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher Wednesday as several indexes are set to close early in lieu of the Christmas Eve holiday.

  2. Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. The Score: Medline, Tesla, Warner, Trump Media and More Stocks That Defined the Week

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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  1. Oil Slips; Prices Likely to Remain Volatile

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  2. JGBs Mixed; PM Takaichi’s Reported Worries Over Debt Issuance May Support

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. Oil Prices Climb Amid Geopolitical Tensions

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  4. Opinion | Why Should Europe Let Putin Have His Loot?

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Sports 255 stories

  1. Dodgers lead MLB with record $169M luxury tax

    ESPN · 4 outlets

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  1. The 25 most college football moments of the 21st century

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  2. The 'what ifs' that could've won Verstappen, Piastri the F1 title

    FOX · 4 outlets

  3. Ravens' Harbaugh not worried about job status

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 265 stories

  1. iOS 26.3: New features for your iPhone

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  2. Gemini 3 Flash is smart — but when it doesn’t know, it makes stuff up anyway

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. Master PDFs like a pro with 30% off LightPDF

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, December 21 (game #1427)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Nissan says Red Hat breach affected thousands of customers

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. Why iPhone Air feels removed from time

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Apple stops signing iOS 26.1, here’s what that means

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Entertainment 118 stories

  1. Kathy Bates Chokes Back Tears Sharing Touching Story About Late Rob Reiner

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Can You Guess The Singer Based On The Emojis?

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Investigators Were 'Not Aware' of Greg Biffle's Wife's Final Text to Her Mom

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. JFK’s Niece Had The Most Practical Response To Trump Renaming The Kennedy Center

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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