October 20, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 20, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Tuesday, October 20th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Luke Nicastro surveys the riots convulsing France and finds the same combustible mix of cost-of-living pain, fiscal reckoning, and mass migration taking hold across Europe, with continued decline the likeliest trajectory. As the war with Iran enters its two hundred and thirty-fourth day, Sergey Lavrov lands in Tehran offering Russian mediation, even as Moscow quietly aids Iranian targeting of U.S. forces and President Trump touts a new Russian diesel deal. Iranian strikes on shipping…