From around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, fraud and scams, theyre nothing new. But with each technological change, the fraudsters, they are quick to pounce on new possibilities. Weve all had emails, phone calls and Text Messages trying to scam us out of cash by people pretending to be someone we know or with a Time Limited Offer thats just too good to miss. Or maybe theyre pretending to be a tax official or a utility which asks us to transfer money urgently to them. Well, now, as Artificial Intelligence promises to speed up the world of business, the fraudsters, theyre already taking advantage of these new possibilities. In april, jennifer distefano, a mum in arizona in the United States, received a phone call from an unknown number. She thought it might be her doctor. Instead, she heard the voice of a 15 year old daughter, briana. She told the rest of the story to the United States senate. It was brianna sobbing and crying, saying, mom. A
Shutdown. So we are keeping a close eye on everything that is happening there. Lets take a look now at what House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy had to sayjust after the bill was passed. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now, it also freezes the us s aid to ukraine. Democrats had originally tried to plug this gap with a 6 Billion Dollar aid package, but that measure was removed from the resolution in order to secure the votes needed to pass it all of this only lasts for 45 days, so the