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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close September 25 – October 2, 2025 2575 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 40 · Issue 275 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors

ABC · 5 sources

Also covering this NYTFor Workers, Mixed Signals. For the Public, Limited Impact on Shutdown’s First Day. CBSGovernment shutdown live updates as impasse nears second day FOXSpeaker Johnson blames House Dems for 'terribly selfish' government shutdown
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Top Stories 360 stories

  1. The Troubled Case Against Jane Dorotik

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. Florida man killed and ate his pet peacocks, authorities say

    NYT · 5 outlets

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  1. Opinion | History’s Case for a Strong Presidency

    FOX · 5 outlets

  2. 10/1: CBS Evening News Plus

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. 9/25: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 188 stories

  1. Opinion | Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising

    CNBC · 4 outlets

    Major U.S. stock indexes closed in the green on Wednesday on hopes that the funding stoppage would be brief and limit any serious effects on the economy.

  2. Stock Market News Oct. 2, 2025: Nasdaq Rises to Record on Shutdown's Second Day

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Berkshire Hathaway Near $10 Billion Deal for Occidental’s Petrochemical Unit

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. Drug Tariffs Are a Sideshow. Trump’s Next Move Could Hit Pharma Harder.

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  2. Running shoes and retail gains are helping Nike’s turnaround — and cranking up the heat on rivals

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  3. What It’s Like to Retire in America After Age 75

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Supreme Court lets Fed Governor Lisa Cook keep job pending January oral argument

    CNBC · 1 outlets

Sports 319 stories

  1. NBA Rank 2025: What league insiders say about the top 100

    ESPN · 3 outlets

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  1. Derek Stingley questionable with oblique injury

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Mercury oust short-handed Lynx, reach Finals

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. Cam Ward has no injury designation

    FOX · 4 outlets

Technology 276 stories

  1. 11 things Amazon announced at its big September 2025 event

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, October 2 (game #1347)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. Do iPhone 16 cases fit the iPhone 17?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  2. Apple releases iOS 26.0.1 for iPhone, here’s what’s new

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. iFixit tears down the AirPods Pro 3, shows foam-infused tip in detail

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  4. Maximum severity GoAnywhere MFT flaw exploited as zero day

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  5. Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop chip catches up with Apple’s M4

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Entertainment 143 stories

  1. What Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's Lives Look Like After Divorce

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Visit Europe And We'll Guess Your Favorite Timothée Chalamet Movie!

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Taylor Swift Attends Selena Gomez’s Wedding to Benny Blanco

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. Jen Hatmaker Shares How ‘Sexual Shame’ Affected Marriage to Brandon

    USMag · 1 outlets

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