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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close December 28 – January 27, 2026 9565 stories · Vol. 26 · Catalogue 05 · Issue 27 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Opinion | Trump Let Down the Iranian Protesters

Iranian security forces allegedly killed amateur boxer Sepehr Ebrahimi during ongoing protests near Tehran. The death adds to Iran's rising protest toll of at least 6,126 people killed.

FOX · 5 sources

Also covering this WSJOpinion | Trump Let Down the Iranian Protesters CBSIran's Khamenei says Trump is "guilty for the casualties" in protests NYTTrump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves Troops
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What dominated January

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Immigration arrests and tense confrontations in Minneapolis, in photos

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Fire

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Olympic champion Jim Hartung dead at 65

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 168 stories

  1. Opinion | St. Augustine vs. Mr. Maduro

    NYT · 5 outlets

    At least so far, President Trump has managed to bring along even those conservative supporters who are skeptical of foreign interventions.

  2. House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Opinion | Trump’s Tough Day at the Supreme Court

    FOX · 5 outlets

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  1. Olympic champion Jim Hartung dead at 65

    ABC · 5 outlets

  2. Opinion | Mr. Trump and the Davos Divide

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Beyond Minnesota, Social Media Fuels False Rumors of Fraud Among Somalis

    FOX · 4 outlets

  4. ‘Dolly Plowton’ Debuts in Snowy Nashville

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  5. Trump Returns to a Familiar Role: Sowing Trade Chaos

    CBS · 3 outlets

  6. Opinion | A Good Riddance, but a Disquieting One

    NYT · 5 outlets

  7. U.S. forces seize 5th oil tanker linked to Venezuela

    NYT · 4 outlets

  8. The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox

    FOX · 5 outlets

Business 394 stories

  1. Why it's the perfect time to start a position in this industrial stock

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Consumer staples are off to their strongest start to a year in at least a quarter century.

  2. Trump is weighing options against Iran: Reports

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  3. What Trump Was Really Like at Davos

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. How Banks Can Appease Trump on Credit-Card Rates

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. Are Megabanks Next in Trump’s Crackdown on Stock Buybacks?

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  3. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Abel’s Salary Set at $25 Million, Topping Buffett

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. European AI Stocks Leap Into New Year

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. Singapore Dollar Consolidates as Traders Assess U.S. CPI Data

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. Mitsubishi to Buy Shale-Gas Assets in Texas, Louisiana for $5.2 Billion

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  7. Trump’s $50 Oil Price Goal Is Doable, but Painful

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  8. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Settle Mixed

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  9. How to buy gold from Costco

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  10. The Tanker Tycoons and Oil Brokers Cashing In on the Venezuela Trade

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Sports 185 stories

  1. NFL Playoffs QB Rankings: Who Do You Trust Most?

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Welsh, longtime SUNY Potsdam coach, dies at 89

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Sources: Giants hire Wilson as Harbaugh's DC

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. 49ers great John Brodie dies at age 90

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  3. Indiana's CFP National Championship: A Historic Run By the Numbers

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  4. 'I do smile, and I am happy, at times': The 2025 college football season in quotes

    FOX · 4 outlets

  5. UFC 324 grades: First fight card of the year sets a high bar

    CBS · 2 outlets

  6. AP Top 25 poll reaction: South Carolina slips

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 450 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Monday, January 26 (game #1463)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

  2. Just unwrap a new Mac? Here’s how to upgrade it

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. iOS 26 added four new features I’ve been using almost every day

    9to5 · 2 outlets

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  1. INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  2. 9to5Mac Daily: January 7, 2026 – iPhone camera rumors, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  3. CES 2026 robots were wild, silly, and sometimes disappointing but there was one that restored my faith in robotics

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  4. iOS 27: New features, release date, and more

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow is $150 off for 9to5Mac readers

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. Fresh Samsung Galaxy S26 leak shows no sign of the Pro or Edge models – but these are the phones we think we will get

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  7. The new Siri chatbot may run on Google servers, not Apple’s

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  8. Windows 11 KB5074109 & KB5073455 cumulative updates released

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. Apple invites creators to multi-day ‘Apple Experience’ next week

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 334 stories

  1. Will Melissa Gilbert Be at Husband Timothy Busfield’s Future Court Hearings?

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore’s Friendship Timeline Through the Years

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Mel Brooks’ Son Says Dad Was ‘Volatile' and Too ‘Broke’ to Afford Therapy

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Braxton Berrios Seemingly Unfollows Ex Alix Earle After Tom Brady Outing

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. Influencer Kristy Scott Teases 'New Beginnings' Amid Desmond Scott Divorce

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. Make A Bruno Mars Playlist And I'll Guess Your Birth Month

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  5. Who Is Rosalind Ross? What to Know About Mel Gibson's Ex

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. How Do Bringing Up Bates’ Katie Bates and Husband Travis Clark Make Money?

    USMag · 1 outlets

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