If I write a url like news.google.com and select it, then click you linkurl button It should use my text. I just had to re-enter the link. So if I highlight something please accept that as a link, even if I didn't put https:// at the front.

There's a lot of value in these kinds of things to manage your own bookmarks if you choose to without having to expose them to Google and a Google doc or something. Of course you risk losing your file.