September 14, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Sep 14, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Monday, September 14th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. On day 198 of the Iran war, Xi Jinping offers Beijing's "due role" in Middle East peace at the BRICS summit, even as U.S. officials accuse Chinese entities of feeding Tehran satellite imagery used in a deadly strike on American troops in Jordan. A vessel struck in the Strait of Hormuz and today's Iran-Gulf talks in Oman underscore how fragile the world's most vital energy chokepoint has become ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi meeting. From a Copenhagen coffee shop, Peter Van Buren…