The U.S. seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, and Trump suggests keeping the oil from it

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On tonight’s Nightcap: The U.S. seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, and Trump suggests keeping the oil from it – U.S. Border Patrol proposes foreign travelers must disclose five years of their social media history – & how the Donald Trump, Jr's fortune jumped 5 times in the last year thanks to their Crypto ventures. Jake Ward, Claire McCaskill, Brendan Greeley, and Ahmed Baba join The 11th Hour this Wednesday night.

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0:00.0	Here we go. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule, and this is the midweek
0:09.8	nightcap. We are following breaking news this evening that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off
0:15.3	the coast of Venezuela. President Trump announced the seizure only days after telling Politico
0:20.2	that Venezuelan President
0:21.9	Maduro's, quote, days are numbered. He also suggested the United States could keep the oil.
0:27.9	Watch this.
0:30.3	We're interested in the seizure of his tanker. What happens to the oil on this ship?
0:35.1	Well, we keep it, I guess.
0:37.2	What does it go to? Well, you have to follow the tanker. You, we keep it, I guess. When does it go to?
0:39.1	Well, you have to follow the tanker.
0:40.9	You know, you're a good newsman. Just follow the tank. Do you know what I'm going? Follow it. Get a helicopter. Follow the tank. Is it true? It's going to keep it. But we're going to, I guess, we're going to keep the oil. Meanwhile, here at home, Trump is struggling to control a growing affordability.
0:57.1	Some call it crisis. Meanwhile, here at home, Trump is struggling to control a growing affordability.
0:56.8	Some call it crisis, others just say a whole lot of issues.
1:00.1	According to a new political poll, nearly 50% of Americans now find everyday expenses like groceries,
1:06.0	utilities, housing, transportation, and health care, which is only about to get more expensive,
1:10.7	difficult to afford.
1:12.0	Today, a divided Federal Reserve answered those growing economic concerns with a quarter point
1:17.3	rate cut. The cut will likely make it cheaper for Americans to get mortgages, pay credit
1:21.5	car debts, or finance cars. But a press conference shortly after the decision, Fed Chair
1:26.5	J. Powell warned very clearly
1:28.3	that it is the tariffs that are keeping inflation higher than it might otherwise have been.
1:33.3	He also said he does not know how sustainable our so-called K-shaped economy is, saying the following.
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