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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close March 23 – April 22, 2025 9168 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 17 · Issue 112 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Apr 21: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET

Pope Francis dies at 88 after battling health issues; Google and DOJ face off in court.

CBS · 1 sources

1Outlets
1Articles

What dominated April

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Mar 25: CBS News 24/7, 10am ET

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Judge Orders Tufts Student’s Detention Case Moved to Vermont

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Mar 31: CBS News 24/7, 10am ET

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 395 stories

  1. Trump inner circle warned of tariff consequences

    NYT · 5 outlets

    As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs.

  2. Trump plans to lessen Endangered Species Act protections

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Virginia shooting leaves at least 3 dead, 3 injured

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Why did Trump pause the tariffs? Look to the bond market.

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Mar 31: CBS News 24/7, 10am ET

    CBS · 5 outlets

  2. Harris Will Help Democrats Raise Cash as She Steps Back Into Politics

    FOX · 2 outlets

  3. Mar 25: CBS News 24/7, 10am ET

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Face the Nation: Zeldin, Healey, Goolsbee

    CBS · 5 outlets

  5. Salvadoran fugitive convicted in deadly attack of Maryland hiker

    FOX · 4 outlets

  6. Trump defends national security adviser amid Signal leak fallout

    NYT · 3 outlets

  7. Here Comes the Sun: Broadway’s Buena Vista Social Club and more

    CBS · 1 outlets

  8. Biden Condemns Trump Over Social Security in First Speech Since Leaving Office

    NYT · 4 outlets

Business 239 stories

  1. Fed, Tariff Fears Send Dow Down More Than 900 Points

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    The tariffs target major Chinese firms like Jinko Solar and Trina Solar, and go as high as 3,500%.

  2. Volatility in JGB Market Remains High

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Former U.S. attorney for Virginia found dead at 43

    CNBC · 4 outlets

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  1. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. Nvidia Is Now the Biggest U.S.-China Bargaining Chip

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. Singapore Dollar Weakens Slightly on Likely Technical Correction

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. Dealing With Social Security Is Heading From Bad to Worse

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  5. Gold’s Rally Can Extend to $3,500/Oz

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  6. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Extend Losses on Trade Wars

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  7. Elon Musk’s Megadeal Between X and xAI Breaks Wall Street’s Rulebook

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  8. 23andMe bankruptcy: With America's DNA put on sale, market panic gets a new twist

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  9. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dies at 88

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  10. Bitcoin surges more than 7% in broad market relief rally as Trump pauses some tariffs

    CNBC · 1 outlets

Sports 274 stories

  1. Former NFL offensive lineman John Vella dies at 74

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Eli Manning-Philip Rivers trade among all-time most memorable NFL Draft moments

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Steelers re-sign OL Max Scharping

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Where will Shedeur Sanders land?

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. Tush push ban vote tabled; 16 NFL teams in favor

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. Hunter says game over if he can't play both ways

    PFT · 4 outlets

  5. UConn star Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA Draft

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  6. Stay at Duke or go to the NBA? Where Cooper Flagg stands with his decision

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 330 stories

  1. 9to5Mac Overtime 045: It only takes one – hands-on with Nintendo Switch 2

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

    Nintendo has quietly removed the mention of VRR support from some of its regional Switch 2 websites.

  2. Apple Watch Earth Day Challenge set for April 22

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Apple Mail’s new iOS 18.5 change exposes key hidden feature

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. PSA: iPhone Mirroring not coming to EU with iOS 18.4

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, April 22 (game #1184)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Leak confirms OpenAI's GPT 4.1 is coming before GPT 5.0

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  4. Trump thinks the US has the ‘resources’ needed to make iPhones

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. Apple has an iPad keyboard problem

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  6. You can now buy an Apple Pencil Pro that looks like a crayon

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  7. Logitech prices up by as much as 25% as tariffs kick in

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. How closing your Apple Watch rings helps sleep, heart health, and mental wellbeing

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  9. Microsoft starts testing Windows 11 taskbar icon scaling

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Entertainment 390 stories

  1. 21 Celebrity Facts That Sound Fake But Are 100% True

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Teddi Mellencamp, Sister: Why Meg Ryan Was Their Dad John's 'Nicest' Ex

    USMag · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. 18 Costars Who Started Dating Long After Production Wrapped

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Bowen Yang Reflects on Going to Conversion Therapy: ‘Detrimental’

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Meghan Markle Made Rare Comments About Her 2020 Miscarriage

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health Is Investigating Miller Gardner's Death

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. Celebrities Who Were Childhood Friends

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Sydney Sweeney Introduces New Dog After Ending Engagement

    USMag · 2 outlets

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