What to know about cyberattacks on U.S. water infrastructure
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Good morning. After a bruising primary, Michigan's Democrats rally behind their new Senate nominee. What recent cyber attacks on water systems reveal about local preparedness.
There's a big issue in this country with respect to underfunding of local cybersecurity, whether that be the technology itself or the staffing levels.
And an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is coming together, but it's not the one President Trump had wanted. It's Thursday, August 6th. I'm Gideon Resnick, in for Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today.
The Democratic Senate primary in Michigan delivered a major victory for the party's progressive left, and now it offers its biggest test in November's general election. Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was declared the winner on Wednesday, overcoming a significant spending disadvantage and opposition from establishment party leaders within the state and in Washington. During his victory speech Wednesday morning, El-Sayed thanked his opponent, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, and tried to begin to bring the party together.
As bitter and as divisive and as cynical as the campaign against us might have been, I want us to realize that there is so much more that unites us now. So whether you voted for me or voted for my opponent or didn't vote at all, we're inviting you to that movement to get money out of politics so we can put money back in pockets and finally guarantee the promise of health care through Medicare for All.
Stevens spoke to her supporters before the race was called and urged them to back whoever the Democratic nominee would be against Republican Mike Rogers.
We've had a long, hard-fought primary, and we'll know soon who our nominee is going to be. And whoever wins is gonna go and take on Mike Rogers. If we are going to win this thing, which we are, we are gonna have to get ready and show Mike Rogers what a little stick it to him looks like.
A number of other prominent Democrats have now shown their support for El-Sayed as well. Key members of the party in Michigan and elsewhere told Politico that he'll need all the help he can get in what is basically a must-win race for the party, and after a bruising primary that was decided by around a single percentage point. Samuel Benson is a national political reporter for Politico.
At this point, Democrats don't have the luxury of talking about electability, right? They have their guy, they have their candidate, and they have to rally behind them. And this is their candidate they'll have riding through November.
El-Sayed's progressive beliefs, including Medicare for All, taxing billionaires, getting money out of politics, and pushing for an end to military aid in Israel, made some within the party nervous about his chances to win the general election in a swing state. In the primary, he pointed to tens of millions of dollars spent by AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group on behalf of his opponent Stevens, to make his case to voters. Benson said that that focus will likely continue in the general election, as AIPAC has said that it will continue to oppose El-Sayed's candidacy.
If you watch any of the three debates that they did, it was kind of the main talking point for al-Sayed. He would constantly bring the conversation back to corporate PAC money, to campaign finance. We'll see in November how much AIPAC and these other super PACs will play in support of Mike Rogers, the Republican. It's still kind of an open question, but I think we can certainly expect to see some real money get poured into this battleground.
Rogers, Benson told us, is seen as a formidable candidate, having served in Congress and very narrowly losing a Senate race in Michigan just two years ago. But if El-Sayed can pull it off, he may very well be seen as a major figure in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
My colleagues at Politico have had reporting over the last week or so asking who's going to be Bernie Sanders' standard bearer, his successor on kind of this progressive wing of the party.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the opening overview of today’s news topics?
0:05–5:20
2
How did Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary reshape the state’s political landscape?
5:20–7:26
3
What are the key points of the proposed Iran‑Oman deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
7:26–10:36
4
Why are Iranian‑linked cyberattacks targeting U.S. water systems and what’s being done?
10:36–12:24
5
Who is the new permanent director of the CDC and what challenges will they face?
12:24–12:46
6
How did the Trump administration refund $100 billion in tariff revenue?
12:46–13:00
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