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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close July 25 – August 24, 2025 9426 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 34 · Issue 236 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | Midterm Strengths and Dangers

The Texas Senate approved the measure after a heated debate, marking a major step in a mid-decade redistricting effort backed by President Trump.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this WSJTexas Legislators Approve GOP Redistricting Requested by Trump ABCTexas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race NYTHow Redistricting Wars Could Give the G.O.P. Up to 7 Seats
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What dominated August

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Migrants Vanish Into Opaque ICE Detention System

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Fast-Moving Wildfires Threaten L.A. County

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Trump’s White House Joins TikTok

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 299 stories

  1. Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies at age 97

    NYT · 5 outlets

    The Russian president sent his American counterpart a photograph of the two of them from their face-to-face meeting.

  2. Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Manhunt for Montana Bar Gunman Enters Third Day

    FOX · 5 outlets

  4. North Carolina’s Outer Banks Brace for Hurricane Erin

    ABC · 4 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. 8/21: The Daily Report

    CBS · 1 outlets

  2. Judge halts "Alligator Alcatraz" construction over environmental concerns

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. Epstein records sent to House Oversight Committee

    NYT · 3 outlets

  4. Lyle Menendez said his mother also sexually abused him.

    ABC · 5 outlets

  5. Fast-Moving Wildfires Threaten L.A. County

    NYT · 5 outlets

  6. Trump’s White House Joins TikTok

    FOX · 5 outlets

  7. Israel denies U.N.'s declaration of famine in parts of Gaza

    CBS · 2 outlets

  8. Opinion | How to End the Tariff Debate

    NYT · 4 outlets

Business 334 stories

  1. Are You a Stock Market Genius? Take Our Quiz.

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    The S&P 500 logged its fifth straight losing session on Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite tumbled for a third day. What's on CNBC's radar going into Friday.

  2. Stock Funds Add to Their Gains

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. Global Markets Rise After U.S. and EU Reach Deal

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Figma's stock sinks 27% after last week's IPO pop

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. Trump official says DOJ will investigate Fed Governor Cook

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. U.S. Stock Futures Edge Up After Nasdaq Hits Record High

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. S&P 500 Slides for Fifth Day Ahead of Powell Speech

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Opinion | A Good Plan to Keep Social Security Solvent

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  5. Asia markets rise as investors parse Japan GDP, key China economic data

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  6. Private Equity’s Big Fish See Deals Machinery Gearing Up

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  7. Bitcoin extends rally, hits record high above $124,000

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  9. Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  10. European markets head for broadly positive open ahead of PMI data

    CNBC · 1 outlets

Sports 215 stories

  1. Shedeur Sanders day-to-day with oblique strain

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Broncos sign FB Adam Prentice

    ESPN · 4 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Looking for late-season heroes? Six players to target

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  2. Travis Hunter returns to practice with limited work

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. Report: Patriots WR Ja'Lynn Polk out for the season with a shoulder injury

    PFT · 3 outlets

  4. Rams' Stafford (back) to miss practice next week

    CBS · 4 outlets

  5. Luke Schoonmaker is in concussion protocol

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  6. Which Schools Have Produced The Most Pro Football Hall of Famers?

    ESPN · 3 outlets

Technology 319 stories

  1. PSA: Update your iPhone to iOS 18.6.2 right away

    9to5 · 2 outlets

    Sketch is out with a new update today featuring support for Liquid Glass-like effects, complete with blur, distortion, depth, and chromatic aberration controls. Here’s what it looks like. more…

  2. Apple Watch Ultra 3 will likely be my first Ultra model for two reasons

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Does Prime Video have a free trial?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Google Pixel 10 ditches physical SIM card slots for eSIM-only models

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  2. Deals: M4 Mac mini $499, 24GB M3 MacBook Air $500 off, AirPods, portable SSD, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, August 24 (game #1308)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  4. Apple releases visionOS 26 developer beta 7

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  5. OpenAI is improving ChatGPT voice mode

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  6. This vintage ‘Apple Watch’ face needs to exist

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. M5 MacBook Pro won’t launch this year, says analyst

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. Report: Apple considers squeezing Gemini into the Siri brain

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  9. 370k Grok AI chats made public without user consent

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

Entertainment 398 stories

  1. Is Corey Mylchreest Single? Inside His Dating Life

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Ozzy Osbourne's Cause Of Death Has Been Revealed

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Sydney Sweeney Parties in Blue Jeans After American Eagle Controversy

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Who's The Ultimate "Best New Artist" Grammy Nominee From The '90s?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Mary-Kate Olsen’s Complete Dating History

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson's Cutest Photos Together So Far

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Nicole Brenda Santos Marins Dead: Fitness Star Was 28

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. Jamie Lee Curtis Reacts to Lindsay Lohan Saying She Feels ‘Safe’ With Her

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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