Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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Meta Takes Minority Stake in Ray-Ban Maker EssilorLuxottica to Deepen Smartglasses Push

MENLO PARK, Calif. (VINnews) — Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired a minority stake in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley eyewear, in a move aimed at strengthening its ...

xAI Deletes Antisemitic Chatbot Comments Praising Hitler, White Supremacy

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an embarrassing acknowledgment of the limitations required for AI chatbots, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts o...

British Medical Association Suspends Ties With Israel’s Medical Association Due To Its ‘Silence On Gaza’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The British Medical Association (BMA) has officially voted to suspend its ties with the Israeli Medicine Association (IMA), citing the latter's refusal to con...

Scott Bessent TORCHES CNN Host Dana Bash Over Partisan “Data”

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-CNN’s Dana Bash came prepared with a talking point — but wasn’t prepared for the response. BASH: “The Yale Budget Lab says the richest Americans will se...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Rips California Democrats: “They’ve Been Stealing Money for 20 Years”

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (VINnews)-Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is sounding the alarm on what he calls decades of corruption and mismanagement by the state’s Dem...

Scott Bessent Takes Major Victory Lap Over “Experts” as Markets Soar to All-Time Highs

WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)President Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent blasted the financial establishment for ignoring market signals and getting it dead wrong followin...

Alan Skorski Interviews Dr. Dan Diker on Iran, Zohran Mamdani, and the Islamist Threat to America

LONG ISLAND NY (VINnews)-In a compelling new interview, Alan Skorski sat down with Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, to unpack two ...

May Inflation Slower Than Expected as Price Pressures Ease

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WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Core inflation in the United States rose just 0.1% in May, below economists' expectations of a 0.3% increase, according to government data released Wednesday...

Mayor Bass Declares Emergency, Curfew After Downtown LA Looting and Vandalism

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LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Mayor Karen Bass declared a local emergency and imposed a nighttime curfew Tuesday following a wave of looting and vandalism that struck at least 23 busines...

Speaker Johnson Defends GOP Budget Plan, Predicts “Historic Growth”

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WASHINGTON (VINnews) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is touting the Republican-led budget deal as a landmark achievement, citing “tremendous and historic levels of spending cuts” and ...

U.S. Personal Income Surges, Blowing Past Expectations

WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Personal income in the United States surged in April, rising by 0.8% and far exceeding economists’ expectations, according to data released Friday by the Com...

Elon Musk Exits Trump Administration After Tumultuous Tenure Slashing Federal Bureaucracy

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is stepping down from his role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, ending a turbulent tenure in which he led efforts to overhaul the federal bur...

Starlink Delegation Heads to Beirut, Puts Spotlight on Lebanon’s Internet Future

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (VINnews) — A delegation from Starlink, the satellite internet division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is visiting Beirut this week to meet with Lebanon’s top leadership, s...

Meta’s AI Reaches 1 Billion Users, With More to Come

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MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA (VINnews)— Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant has officially surpassed 1 billion users, the company announced, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out ambitiou...

Toyota Increases Investment in Joby Aviation, Betting Big on Flying Taxis

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SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (VINnews)-Toyota is deepening its commitment to the future of urban air mobility, investing an additional $250 million in Joby Aviation, the electric air tax...

Stephen Miller Blasts U.S. Health Culture at MAHA Hearing

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-Trump adviser Stephen Miller delivered a fiery address at the MAHA (Mothers Against Harmful Agendas) conference this week, sharply criticizing what he desc...

Warby Parker, Google Partner on AI-Powered Glasses

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NEW YORK CITY, NY(VINnews) — Warby Parker has partnered with Google to develop artificial intelligence-powered glasses, the eyewear company announced Tuesday.   Google h...

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder & Self Hating Jew Ben Cohen Arrested After Disrupting RFK Jr. Hearing on Capitol Hill

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — A congressional hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was briefly interrupted Wednesday when self hating Jew Ben Cohen, co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice c...

Carrier to Invest $1 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing, Creating 4,000 Jobs

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, (VINnews) — Carrier Global Corp. announced Tuesday a $1 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, innovation, and workforce expansion, a move expected ...

Trump Suggests Accepting Qatar’s Offer of Boeing 747 as Temporary Air Force One, Calls It a “Good-Faith” Gesture

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WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-President Donald Trump on Monday floated the idea of the U.S. accepting a donated Boeing 747 jet from Qatar to serve as a temporary Air Force One, citing d...
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