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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 30 – October 30, 2025 10721 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 44 · Issue 303 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | Free Jamie Dimon (and His Employees)

The Department of Veterans Affairs says the government shutdown has forced nearly 37,000 employees to be furloughed or work without pay, disrupting key veteran programs.

FOX · 5 sources

Also covering this NYTMore Americans May Soon Feel the Shutdown’s Effects CBSSenate fails to advance GOP bill to end shutdown for 13th time ABCPressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely
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What dominated October

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Opinion | Another Attorney General Fires Motley Rice

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Benioff Apologizes for Saying Trump Should Send Troops to San Francisco

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    The Border Patrol’s Blueprint for American Cities

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 459 stories

  1. Ex-NFL star Doug Martin dead at 36

    NYT · 5 outlets

    The brief deployment of troops hours after a judge forbid it marked the second time this week government lawyers had to come clean to courts considering President Trump’s designs on Portland.

  2. U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats

    ABC · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | Three Ideas About Forgiveness

    NYT · 4 outlets

  4. U.S. B-1 Bombers Flew Near Venezuelan Air Space

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Opinion | Reagan vs. Trump on Tariffs

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. 10/29: CBS Mornings Plus

    CBS · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | I Want Your Vote, You Bigot

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  4. Opinion | Trump, Merit and MIT

    CBS · 5 outlets

  5. What Voters Think of Trump’s White House Ballroom

    ABC · 5 outlets

  6. Opinion | Trump’s Big Beautiful Gaza Peace Plan

    FOX · 4 outlets

  7. Opinion | Jay Jones and ‘Full Accountability’

    FOX · 5 outlets

  8. For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight

    ABC · 3 outlets

Business 394 stories

  1. Government shutdown becomes 2nd longest in U.S. history

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Air traffic controllers are under increased stress because of the government shutdown, government and union officials said.

  2. Nvidia Becomes First $5 Trillion Company

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. Santoli's market wrap-up: Bull market's core tenets remain intact despite December Fed uncertainty

    CNBC · 1 outlets

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  1. Regional Bank Worries Weigh on Stocks

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  2. Senators announce deal on aviation safety legislation

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. These stocks are falling back to Earth as Trump and China play nice

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  4. Global Markets Mixed Ahead of U.S. Interest-Rate Decision

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  5. Largest federal worker union urges end to government shutdown

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  6. Opinion | Why Gen X Is Buried in Debt

    CNBC · 4 outlets

  7. S&P 500 Climbs to New Record on Strong Earnings

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  8. Private Lenders Aren’t Out of the Doghouse Yet

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  9. CNBC Daily Open: Cooler-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation adds to market cheer

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Sports 386 stories

  1. Trump threatens to remove WC games from Boston

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. College football Week 8: Updates, top plays and takeaways

    ESPN · 3 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Shaquil Barrett has tryout with Colts

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  2. Arch practices, still in protocol, iffy vs. Vanderbilt

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Tua apologizes for comments: 'Made a mistake'

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. Top candidates, transfers, recruits for LSU

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  5. Cowboys waive WR Jalen Cropper

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  6. Best (and worst) offseason moves

    ESPN · 4 outlets

Technology 221 stories

  1. 5 things you need to know about agent-to-agent AI collaboration

    9to5 · 2 outlets

    <div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/10/shortcuts-ios-26.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>When iOS 26 launched, it brought a vari…

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, October 30 (game #1375)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Apple @ Work: CIOs say Apple is now mission critical for the enterprise

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. You should watch Adam Savage’s delightful review of the new M5 Apple Vision Pro

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  2. I tried Nespresso's festive new Cinnamon and Candied Tamarind coffee pods, and it's beginning to taste a lot like Christmas

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Windows 11 KB5066835 and KB5066793 updates released

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. The MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 has fixed my biggest MacBook problem, and I’m never going back

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Advertising giant Dentsu reports data breach at subsidiary Merkle

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  6. Swift SDK for Android now available

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  7. How to watch The Traitors Canada season 3 — free streams from anywhere in the world

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  8. Meet the mini PC taking the fight to the Mac Studio - Zotac Zbox Magnus packs an Nvidia RTX 5060 and Intel Core Ulta 7, but can easily fit into your jacket pocket

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  9. Amazon AU's October Prime sale ends Monday, but I'd jump on these 7 bestsellers quick – they might not last

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 358 stories

  1. Who Was Sam Rivers? What to Know About Limp Bizkit Bassist Who Died at 48

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Diane Keaton's Cause Of Death Has Been Revealed By Her Family

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. RHOP’s Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon Break Silence on Wendy Osefo's Arrest

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Keith Urban Reacts to Fan Telling Him Her Name Is 'Nicole'

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. King Charles Heckled Over Prince Andrew's Ties to the Late Jeffrey Epstein

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. 15 Celebrities Who Are Dating Influencers

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  5. Are You More "SWAG" Or "SWAG II"?

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  6. Kevin Federline Claims Britney Spears Wished Sons Were 'Dead'

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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