As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,

Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.

There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain? By performing a

skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused. Being blind

to those gaps is the real miss. Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully

cultivate talent. The U.S. escalates pressure on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro with two Coast Guard interventions

against oil tankers over the weekend. Plus, Charlie Kirk's empire backs J.D. Vans for

28. And lawmakers leave the fight over extending health care subsidies until the new year, putting many Americans in limbo.

As many as 20 million Americans could be in for a surprise with respect to the cost of their health care coverage in the next year.

It's Monday, December 22nd. I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

U.S. officials say the Coast Guard is on the trail of another tanker ship involved in transporting oil from Venezuela,

which comes after the U.S. seized a second ship over the weekend as part of its campaign

to block vessels moving the country's crewed. The ship under pursuit has been identified by two

officials as the Bella One, which was sanctioned last year by the U.S. Its registered owner didn't

immediately respond to a request for comment. On Saturday, the Coast Guard boarded a ship

that had been docked in Venezuela. The Centuries was flying a Panamanian flag, and according to shipping

data provider Kepler, it wasn't on a U.S., EU, UK, or United Nations sanctions list. In a social media

post, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said the ship was, quote,

a falsely flagged vessel operating as part of the Venezuelan Shadow Fleet. Its registered owner

also didn't immediately respond to calls seeking comment. Back in the U.S., a top Justice Department

officials said the agency has temporarily removed some of the Jeffrey Epstein files that were released on Friday to address complaints from victims about the agency's failure to redact their images or details.

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