The op-ed says Newsom uses climate lawsuits to squeeze billions from oil firms. Investment flees. Energy bills rise.

Renewables aren’t steady. Nuclear is sidelined. Courts push back on climate suits, bills climb. The country grows dependent on foreign power.

In Tel Aviv, a judge lifts the limits on Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich, letting him meet the PM again next week. Urich and associates face probes into pro-Qatar lobbying; Netanyahu says there is nothing illegitimate about the Qatar links.

Trump weighs moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, per The Wall Street Journal. Donors at a New Jersey fundraiser press for it; the White House says policy steps are under review.

Britain’s top military chief warns against yielding to Putin before Trump’s Alaska talks, and tells NATO to stand firm. Russia looks weak; Britain is secure.

Trump says two minutes to decide. Zelensky is excluded from the first meeting. Lavrov and Belousov visit the United States; a second round could be in neutral Europe.

The Digest, 8/15/2025 @700AM, CDT

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