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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 9 – August 16, 2025 2148 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 33 · Issue 228 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

8/14: CBS Evening News Plus

President Trump’s failure to reach an accord on Ukraine only made his warm welcome for the Russian leader more striking.

NYT · 5 sources

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Top Stories 333 stories

  1. Opinion | America Needs a Redistricting Cease-Fire

    ABC · 5 outlets

  2. Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes

    NYT · 4 outlets

  2. Trump to Host Kennedy Center Honors

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | The Anti-Trump Legal Tsunami Continues

    FOX · 4 outlets

Business 179 stories

  1. Spotting Clouds in a Carefree Summer Market

    WSJ · 3 outlets

    On a sunny summer’s day, you might think of going to the beach. Or you might list the things that ought to be worrying investors, and mostly aren’t. Your scribe chose the latter.

  2. July Jump in Wholesale Inflation Slows Stock Surge

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. What is the worst financial decision you’ve ever made?

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. CoreWeave’s mixed earnings fail to wow AI bulls, and the stock falls

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  2. ‘I’m confused!’ Why does President Trump want a rate cut so badly?

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  3. European leaders rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  4. Intel has 18 months to determine its future — or Qualcomm and Arm will

    MKTW · 2 outlets

Sports 275 stories

  1. Jaxson Dart has solid preseason debut

    ESPN · 4 outlets

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  1. Brevin Jordan carted off at Texans practice

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Gruden eager to find 'truth' in NFL emails case

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Rooney: Brady work ethic criticism was 'unfair'

    ESPN · 2 outlets

Technology 182 stories

  1. Apple takes Apple Cinemas to the courtroom box office

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. New Mac Pro could boast M4 Ultra chip, per report

    9to5 · 3 outlets

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  1. Apple releases visionOS 26 developer beta 6

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. The Google Pixel 9 is the best AI phone, but the Pixel 10 has to bring more to the table

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Apple Watch Series 11: Three new features coming next month

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  4. iPhone 17 Pro could redefine Apple’s Pro color strategy

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. Apple trained an LLM to teach itself good UI code in SwiftUI

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 143 stories

  1. Taylor Swift Recalls Her 1st Impression of Jason and Wife Kylie Kelce

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Brandon Blackstock's Death Certificate Reveals He Suffered Seizures

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Halle Berry Trolls Ex-Husband David Justice’s Remarks About Why They Split

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. What Is Kate Gosselin's Job? What She Does for a Living After Reality TV

    USMag · 1 outlets

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