Venezuela says it deploys 15,000 troops to Zulia and Tachira to curb drug trafficking. In Washington, three US warships edge toward the coast, plans for 4,000 Marines, and a $50 million bounty on Maduro and the Cartel de los Soles.

Trump signs a proclamation for the Abbey Gate bombing’s fourth anniversary in Kabul and hosts 13 Gold Star families in the Oval Office. The move is pitched as rectifying Biden’s past failure, with VP Vance calling it overdue acknowledgment.

In London, a MoD staffer at NATO HQ was sued for harassment after not getting a goodbye card on leaving. The tribunal ruled such tributes are discretionary, not tied to disability. A second colleague did not receive a card; the claim was dismissed; he remains at the MoD.

The Digest, 8/25/2025 @930PM, CDT

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