news on the press just as white house and congressional leaders all head for the exits for the coming weekend and that s especially true ahead of a holiday weekend which is why we always pay very close attention when we get there. of course, this all began yesterday with the long-awaited report on the afghanistan withdraw in which the biden white house lobbed tons of blame on the previous administration for that debacle without evidence. then hours later, the department of education rolled out brand-new title ix rules expanding the definition of sexual discrimination in an effort, they say, to prevent schools from banning transgender athletes. and not to be outdone, the biden irs published 150-page plan detailing how it would spend a staggering $45.6 billion on increased enforcement and tax audits of the american people. in the meantime as tensions with china heat up, in an exclusive interview with fox and taipei,
which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the richest person in the world. this is bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg, whose fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 25th place on the billionaires index. and if you cast your mind back to 2018, you ll remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world s richest man. well, unfortunately, he s now ranked in sixth place. he s now worth $107 billion. they ve all taken a bit of a hammering, these tech entrepreneurs. what about russians? the oligarchs have taken a bit of a hit in terms of sanctions, haven t they? yes, that s right. russian oligarchs were faced with strict sanctions from western nations
and this is after the values in shares of his company tesla fell, and this was also impacted by some concerns about changes to twitter after, of course, he took over the social media company back in october. and it means that this year, he has lost $132 billion. small change to him, probably. he s now worth $138 billion, so it s still a lot of money and to put that into context, it buys you about 1000 boeing commercial planes, which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the richest person in the world. this is bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg. his fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 25th place
richest person in the world. bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is the luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg, his fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 20 fifth place on the billionaires index. if you cast your mind back to 2018, you will remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world s richest man. unfortunately, he is now ranked in sixth. he is now worth $107 billion. taking a bit of a hammering, - now worth $107 billion. taking a bit of a hammering, these . a bit of a hammering, these tech entrepreneurs. what about russians? the oligarchs have taken a hit in terms of sanctions, haven t they? yes, russian oligarchs sanctions, haven t they? yes, russian oligarchs were - sanctions, haven t they? yes, russian oligarchs were faced l with strict sanctions from western nations over the war in ukraine. looking at abramovich
taxpayers money stolen. what gives? for answers we turn to my good friend lucas thomasson. he has all the details for us. $45.6 billion was stolen from the country s unemployment insurance program using social security obtained from dead people and prisoners. the extent of the damage far greater than first estimated over a year ago which back then put the number at $16 billion stolen. now, the extent of the fraud is nearly three times greater. the am of stolen cash could be more. the ig report released this afternoon said, despite the office of the inspector general continue to identify fraudulent claims, we continue to obtain the data.