Did J.D. Vance Just Make His 2028 Pitch?

Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a prime-time speech at the Republican midterm convention last night, and the crowd chanted "48"—a reference to a potential 2028 presidential campaign to succeed Donald Trump. Vance tried to deflect: "We gotta take care of business this November. Then we'll worry about what comes next." He did not put the speculation to rest. Early polls already list Vance as a leading presidential contender. Pressed by reporters, he said he has "no plans" and doesn't know what the future holds.

California Targets Social Media and AI for Kids

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed over a dozen bills regulating addictive social media features and AI-driven chatbots used by minors. "This is about actually addressing the problem, the scrolling, the algorithms," Newsom said. "This is about addressing the substantive issue around the engineering." The legislation targets features such as autoplay and technology that relies on user information to decide which content to show. A separate new law requires parental controls and suicide crisis protocols for AI chatbots, expands child privacy protections, and targets AI-generated sexual depictions of minors. The push follows Meta's recent $18 billion legal settlement over its platforms' impact on teenagers. Tech companies maintain that delivering a tailored experience is