Today is Friday, December 12. We'll tell you how Americans played a role in the dramatic rescue of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, just as the U.S. targets the country she's from. Also, senators just blocked dueling plans that could affect how much millions of Americans pay for health insurance and what to know about President Trump's latest AI order. Plus, a major Hollywood deal that could change how Disney characters show up

in AI videos, who Time magazine just named as Person of the Year, and a woman surprising thank-you

notes to the law enforcement officer who arrested her. Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair,

fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

Well, the U.S. has found another way to put pressure on Venezuela. It issued new sanctions on

Venezuela's oil industry and on members of President Nicholas Maduro's family. Specifically,

the sanctions target three of Maduro's nephews and six shipping companies. Venezuela's

economy depends on oil. And it's already been hurt by American sanctions, so much so that

Maduro's government

has worked to evade them by smuggling and selling crude through a so-called ghost fleet of

tankers and middlemen. One of those tankers is apparently the one the U.S. seized earlier this

week, and the Trump administration is now seeking the legal authority to seize all the oil

that was on board. Next, U.S. officials say they could

seize more tankers carrying Venezuelan oil in the future. Separately, Venezuelan opposition leader,

Maria Karina Machado, was able to escape the country after more than a year of hiding. She didn't

get into the exact details, but an American private rescue team told CBS News it was behind the mission.

Machado reportedly had to wear a disguise as she made her way to a coastal fishing village

where she caught a boat. That part of the trip took 10 hours, and she hit 10 military

checkpoints on the way, avoiding capture each time. The next leg of the journey apparently took

15 to 16 hours on rough seas, and the U.S. military was

warned to avoid any kind of airstrike like the ones that have targeted suspected drugboats.

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