Extra, Extra

Pacific Time: “The U.S. struck another alleged drug vessel Tuesday night, this time on the Pacific side of South America, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two individuals aboard the vessel were killed, Hegseth said. The other seven strikes targeted vessels in the Caribbean. A defense official confirmed the vessel was in international waters off of Colombia.”

+ Pay Dirt: NYT (Gift Article): Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases. “Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.” (Potential is doing a lot of work there.)

+ Solar Plexus: “Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.” This Solar Farm in Alaska Provides Something Extra: Free Food. (Clean energy and food production? Seems unlikely this administration will continue funding something this woke.)

+ Jag Drag: “This incident looks to have been by some distance, the single most financially damaging cyber event ever to hit the UK.” Jaguar Land Rover looking at $2.5 billion price tag from crippling cyberattack.

+ Checkered Past: The story related to the young death of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has a new twist. Chess world mourns grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s death, rages against Russian rival who alleged cheating.

+ Robes and Lobes: “Joshua Sussberg sat before a bankruptcy judge at a hearing. He was part of a legal team representing retailer Claire’s. But Sussberg had something else on his mind. The 47-year-old Kirkland & Ellis attorney launched into a story about how about 30 years ago, when he still had hair, he got an ear pierced.” The Bankruptcy Court Where People Can’t Stop Talking About Piercing Their Ears.