The News Roundup for August 7, 2026

Progressive Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed won his Michigan primary this week, (bbc.com/news/articles/cp309ng0xq1o) sending a strong message to the Democratic party establishment that backed his opponent.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was found in contempt of Congress on Thursday. (apnews.com/article/fauci-congress-justice-depa…) The vote by the Senate Homeland Security Committee came after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 100 times during a recent hearing.

And reports indicate the U.S. missile stockpile is running low. President Trump and the Pentagon have denied the story. (reuters.com/world/us-has-used-virtually-all-it…)

And, in global news, illegal settler activity is expanding across the occupied West Bank. And this week Israeli prosecutors charged a Jewish (theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/israel-charg…) settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader – the ⁠first such indictment in nearly three years.

Following a rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, the Spanish prime minister is facing criticism from other European Union leaders over his country’s immigration policy. (apnews.com/article/eu-ceuta-migration-politics…)

And Russia is overhauling its military strategy, (wsj.com/world/russia/putin-overhauls-war-effor…) taking advantage of Ukraine’s current lack of missile interceptors.

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