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Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Kelly Sullivan / Getty Images Many startup stories this week occurred in Y Combinator’s orbit in some way. Also, Israel once again lived up to its “Start-Up Nation” reputation. That was fast: No-code website-building platform Wix acquired 6-month-old, bootstrapped vibe-coding startup Base44 — both Israeli…
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Los Angeles on Friday for a visit to a city where clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials have become a focal point of the opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.While in Los Angeles, Vance is expected to deliver remarks as well as tour federal facilities, including a mobile command center, and meet with Marines.California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and potential 2028 presidential contender, didn’t receive formal notice about Vance’s trip in advance, the governor’s deputy director of communications, Brandon Richards, said in a statement.“The Governor would welcome the opportunity to…
CNN — As US President Donald Trump weighs joining Israel’s assault on Iran, questions are mounting over whether such an intervention could trigger regime change in Tehran – an outcome that risks splintering the country and sending shockwaves across the region. Home to long-simmering separatist movements that have vied for power and independence, Iran could face internal fragmentation and chaos if its government falls, experts warn. After reportedly rejecting an Israeli plan to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trump stated this week that Iran’s Supreme Leader is an “easy target.” “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,” Trump…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 5:00 PM ET, Thu June 19, 2025 Disney Jr. Let’s Play! returns to Disneyland August 8-10, 2025. (Photo Credit: Disney)Disneyland Resort is once again bringing back the Disney Jr. Let’s Play! celebration August 8 through August 10, offering fun activities for younger guests and their parents. Designed for young children and their parents, the celebration begins on August 8 at Disney California Adventure Park with one-day entertainment including the “Disney Jr. Let’s Play! Block Party” with characters like Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. A new live stage show will also be held that day at the…
Early-stage micromobility has shifted over the last few years. The cowboy antics of e-scooter companies causing chaos in a bid to scale has faded along with those fat venture checks that are now flowing to AI startups. Tighter capital combined with an existential need to create sustainable business models has produced a new crop of micromobility startups. This week, I attended Micromobility Europe in Brussels, where I toured the conference’s so-called “Startup Arena” to get a sense of what Europe’s early-stage micromobility ecosystem was bringing to the table. Many of the companies I spoke to are trying to fill the…
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody.Khalil, whose plight has been center stage of Trump’s vow to crack down on opponents of Israel’s incursion into Gaza, has been in the custody of immigration agents since March 8.“After more than three months we can finally breathe a sigh of relief and know that Mahmoud is on his way home to me and Deen, who never should have been separated from his father,” said Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla.“We know this ruling does not begin to address the…
The first day of summer is ushering a dangerous heat wave in several regions across the United States.A heat dome, which occurs when the atmosphere traps hot air over an area, like the lid on a pot, is expected to form Friday in the central U.S. and expand to the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend and into next week. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories or extreme heat warnings for many states in the central U.S. and placed several more eastern states on extreme heat watch. The agency warns that triple-digit temperatures and oppressive humidity could be…
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention center where he has been held since early March while the Trump administration sought to deport him over his role in pro-Palestinian protests.Ruling from the bench in New Jersey, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the government to continue to detain a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn’t been accused of any violence.In reaching his decision, he said Khalil is likely not a…
CNN — Fearing the repercussions of a total regime collapse in Iran, Gulf Arab states have intensified their outreach to the Trump administration and Tehran over the past week. The United Arab Emirates, a US ally that has long been opposed to an unsupervised Iran nuclear program, has been in contact with officials in Tehran and Washington to avoid further escalation, according to a top official, amid fears that instability in Iran could affect the region. “We’re following the situation very closely… our diplomacy is working hard like many other countries,” Anwar Gargash, adviser to the UAE president, said on…
NEW YORK (AP) — A sheer dress silhouetting a black body suit, Usher’s signature crowd interaction and a tweet from her child’s father: that concoction created a nearly two-week social media frenzy starring Keke Palmer back in 2023. Now, the multi-hyphenate creative has channeled that experience into her new album, “Just Keke.”“It was tough … I didn’t even realize I was in such grief,” said the 31-year-old about the fallout of her extremely public breakup with her ex, Darius Jackson. “I get to put that same emotion into a song, and I get tell those people that’s been watching me…