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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close June 8 – July 8, 2026 9262 stories · Vol. 26 · Catalogue 28 · Issue 189 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

U.S. Rings In 250th Birthday

Unstable New York City building forces evacuations; heavy rains bring severe flooding to East Coast.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this FOXRyan Seacrest reveals why he backed out of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding at the… NYTTrump’s Tenuous Relationship With NATO Allies ABCDelta pilot reports a close encounter with a July Fourth firework before landing in Chica…
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What dominated July

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Demining the Strait of Hormuz

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Mistrial Declared in Palisades Fire Arson Case

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 694 stories

  1. Hiker, 18, Dies at Grand Canyon National Park Amid High Heat

    NYT · 5 outlets

    Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans. Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns.

  2. Opinion | A Massachusetts Ballot Dirty Trick

    CBS · 5 outlets

  3. How Trump's Iran goals have changed

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. ICE Officer Kills a Mexican Man in Houston

    NYT · 5 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. Opinion | America Is More Than a Creed

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. 7/7: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. Opinion | Zohran Mamdani, Slumlord

    ABC · 5 outlets

  4. What Polls Say About the Fight for the Senate

    NYT · 4 outlets

  5. 55% of Americans support birthright citizenship.

    NYT · 3 outlets

  6. Why democratic socialists are racking up primary wins

    FOX · 4 outlets

  7. The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover

    FOX · 5 outlets

  8. Demining the Strait of Hormuz

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 454 stories

  1. Stocks Climb on SpaceX’s Debut

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    The potential sale by AI Financial marks an abrupt reversal for a company that has channeled more than half a billion dollars to the Trumps.

  2. JGBs Fall Amid Some Headwinds

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  3. Stocks Fall on Inflation, War Worries

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Adobe’s stock is temptingly cheap. Should investors bite?

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  2. Value Investing’s Comeback Is Just a Quirk (for Now)

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Pull Back Despite Heat Wave

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Apple shares slide after big Siri AI reveal

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  5. U.S. military attacks Iranian targets after commercial tanker hit in the Strait of Hormuz

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  6. JPMorgan’s $4 Million ‘Salami Incident’ Is Fueling a Backlash From Banks

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  7. U.S. Retaliates Against Iran

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  8. DeSantis-backed 'Stop WOKE' law meets appeals court block, teeing up possible Supreme Court fight

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  9. Judge blocks DOJ subpoena for names of 2020 Fulton County, Georgia, election workers

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  10. Tech Billionaire Vinod Khosla Wants to Pay More Taxes. He Explained to Us Why.

    WSJ · 2 outlets

Sports 488 stories

  1. Lionel Messi Is Inevitable.

    FOX · 3 outlets

  2. Bo Nix: I could be full go right now

    CBS · 3 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Kentucky DL Nic Smith dies at 20: Redshirt freshman was entering second season with program

    PFT · 3 outlets

  2. UFL announces six players with NFL tryouts

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. Cristiano Ronaldo Mocked With 'Messi' Chants After Frustrating World Cup Draw

    FOX · 1 outlets

  4. USMNT Alums Reflect On 2026 World Cup Run

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. Tom Brady expects a "massive improvement" from the Raiders in 2026

    CBS · 3 outlets

  6. Signs continue to point to a Seahawks sale by September

    CBS · 2 outlets

Technology 411 stories

  1. Halide 3.1: Scarlet Edition

    Bleeping · 4 outlets

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave federal agencies until Friday to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in the Langflow visual framework for building AI agent…

  2. How to watch Mexico vs England replay – it's spoiler-free

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 8 (game #857)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. The GitHub Actions Attack Pattern Your CI Security Scanners Miss

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  2. Microsoft adds smarter bot protection to Teams meetings

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. Apple releases first iOS 27 beta 1

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  4. How to download the macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. tvOS 27 drops support for two Apple TV models

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  6. A dedicated Apple Watch communication app is missing in watchOS 27

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  8. What is the release date for Sugar season 2 on Apple TV?

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. PC makers are chasing 'creatives'. But who are they?

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 388 stories

  1. 'Godfather' Actor Anthony Guidera Dead at 65 After Weeks on Life Support

    BuzzFeed · 3 outlets

  2. Jack White's Shocking Divorce and More Us Weekly Top Stories

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Taylor Frankie Paul Agrees to Sobriety Test in Tate Paul Custody Case

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. ANTM's Jeana Turner Slams Tyra Banks for 'Money-Hungry' Lawsuit

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. 16 Most Out-Of-Touch Celeb Moments Of 2026 So Far

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Why Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater Split and More Us Weekly Top Stories

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. What Jesse Ridgway and Ashley Have Said About Abortion Backlash

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. Elon Musk Shares Link to Watch Armie Hammer's Comeback Movie After German Ban

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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