Saudi Arabia's energy ministry confirmed a Houthi missile struck Aramco's executive office complex in Dhahran on Tuesday, causing a limited fire and no injuries; a company source told Reuters an office tower's top floors were damaged. Hours earlier the Saudi-led coalition had struck a fuel depot and other sites in Sanaa, Hodeidah and Dhamar. Separately, Reuters reported early Wednesday that Iran has shifted tactics in Hormuz — using unarmed spotters in small boats after losing radar — and that attacks on commercial ships have surged to their highest level since the war began. No confirmed production loss from the Dhahran hit. Fuel read: the target list has moved from airports to the oil company's own HQ, and the strait is getting hotter, not cooler. Sources: Reuters via TBS · Reuters.

The Vatican said surgeons at Rome's Gemelli Hospital removed the lower lobe of Leo's right lung in a ~90-minute operation; tissue tests confirmed lung adenocarcinoma, as pre-op tests had suggested. The Vatican called the surgery successful with no complications. Leo, 71, had announced Sunday that doctors found a small, early-stage nodule. He is expected to spend about a week in hospital; public events are canceled through Oct. 20, and the Vatican has not disclosed stage or further treatment. Sources: Reuters · USA Today.

The New York Times reported Tuesday, via people familiar with the investigation, that federal agents issued subpoenas to Omar's sister Sahra Noor and at least one other family member, examining whether her late father lied or omitted information on immigration forms. Separately, the Post reported her staff asked in 2019 to change her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982. Sourcing flag: the subpoenas are NYT-reported, not confirmed on-record by DOJ. Omar has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. Sources: NY Post · NY Post (birth year).

At a Wasilla rally for Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich, Trump signed unconditional pardons for Anchorage shop co-owners Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, and said a third co-owner, Michael Hanzuk, was covered too. The three pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act: per the Biden-era DOJ, they removed emissions controls and tampered with monitors on at least 37 diesel vehicles in 2019–20 and collected about $100,000. This is the delete/tamper enforcement lane, pardoned as a campaign act — it does not change the law for anyone else. Sources: NY Post · Fox News · USA Today.