AP Top Business News at 12:01 p.m. EDT

Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even moreAP Exclusive: Hundreds of thousands of eligible kids are waiting for childcare assistanceWill Federal Reserve hike rates later this month? Waller muddies the outlookNvidia to spend $13 billion on Hugging Face, which will remain an open source platformAverage rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs to highest level in 13 monthsUnemployment claims tick up to 206,000 but remain at historically low levelsEPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plansStocks rise on Wall Street as bond yields ease some more, even while oil prices continue to climbTrump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from CaliforniaAI boom heats up Bay Area housing market as wealthy buye