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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close October 3 – November 2, 2025 10638 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 44 · Issue 306 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist, dies at 74

Barack Obama campaigns in Virginia amid ongoing government crisis, delivering sharp criticism of Republican Congress and Trump's handling of the federal shutdown.

FOX · 5 sources

Also covering this CBSTrump administration ordered to pay SNAP benefits during shutdown ABCLast-minute scramble over pay takes a toll on military families during the shutdown NYTMore Americans May Soon Feel the Shutdown’s Effects
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What dominated November

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Opinion | Jay Jones and ‘Full Accountability’

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Federal Officials Defend Use of Tear Gas in Chicago Immigration Crackdown

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Study finds courts' growing concern with DOJ

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 466 stories

  1. Ex-Red Sox star Mike Greenwell dead at 62 after cancer battle

    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. Mexico Winds Down Search for Survivor of U.S. Boat Strike

    ABC · 5 outlets

  3. Tennessee Man Released After Month in Jail Over Charlie Kirk Post

    NYT · 4 outlets

  4. Jeffries endorses Mamdani in NYC mayor's race

    FOX · 5 outlets

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  1. Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Case

    ABC · 5 outlets

  2. Graham says land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility"

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Study finds courts' growing concern with DOJ

    NYT · 5 outlets

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

    FOX · 4 outlets

  6. Opinion | Jay Jones and ‘Full Accountability’

    ABC · 5 outlets

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

    ABC · 3 outlets

  8. Opinion | Another Attorney General Fires Motley Rice

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 443 stories

  1. Volatility Returns to Stalk the Stock Market

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    After one of the best seven-month rallies in memory, how does the risk-reward tradeoff look?

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

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. Regional Bank Worries Weigh on Stocks

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. Silver Hits Historic $50 Mark as Investors Rush to Safety

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Navan Shares Fall 20% in Biggest IPO During Shutdown

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  3. Sterling Faces Further Losses on Increased Rate Cut Prospects

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. BlackRock Stung by Loans to Business Accused of ‘Breathtaking’ Fraud

    WSJ · 2 outlets

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

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  6. I’m planning to retire at 65 when my twins are 15. How will this impact their healthcare coverage?

    MKTW · 1 outlets

  7. Opinion | Why Gen X Is Buried in Debt

    CNBC · 4 outlets

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

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  9. Going back to work after you start claiming Social Security could cost you. Is it worth it?

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  10. Grindr Gets Buyout Offer Valuing Company at Nearly $3.5 Billion

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Sports 409 stories

  1. 🚘 Eagles' revenge on Giants leads NFL trolls

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Lamar Jackson throws a fourth touchdown

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Former Raiders S George Atkinson dies at 78

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. Cowboys waive WR Jalen Cropper

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. 'He Deserves It': Texas HC Steve Sarkisian Praises QB Arch Manning After Win

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  4. Zac Taylor: We need leaders to step up on defense

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  5. Vikings QB Carson Wentz to Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery

    PFT · 4 outlets

  6. 🔥 How Roki Sasaki became Dodgers' 100 mph reliever

    FOX · 3 outlets

Technology 242 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, November 2 (game #1378)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

  2. 5 things you need to know about agent-to-agent AI collaboration

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. I tried Nespresso's Festive Edition Double Espresso, and it gave me the energy to finish my Christmas shopping a month early

    TechRadar · 1 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. Apple TV announces new holiday film specials and free offerings

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Windows 11 KB5067036 update rolls out Administrator Protection feature

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. MacBook Pro M5 has an incredibly fast SSD that even Apple undersold with its marketing

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  5. ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. Swift SDK for Android now available

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  7. Apple unveils an M5-powered iPad Pro and makes the update all about AI

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  9. Save big on these top-rated Bose headphones ahead of Black Friday

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 374 stories

  1. Taylor Swift Donates $100K to Young Girl With Brain Tumor

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Prince Andrew Once Had ‘40 Prostitutes’ Sent to Hotel: Report

    USMag · 2 outlets

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

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. 15 Celebrities Who Are Dating Influencers

    USMag · 2 outlets

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

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

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

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Charlie Sheen Says Denise Richards Cashed $1 Million Check He Wrote as a Joke

    USMag · 1 outlets

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