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May 15, 2026
Good morning! Today is Friday, May 15th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. A war powers resolution to rein in Trump's Iran campaign died on a 212-to-212 tie in the House, even as April import prices posted their steepest annual jump since 2022 and Brent crude held at $104 a barrel. More than twenty House Democrats are pushing to end decades of official ambiguity around Israel's estimated 90-warhead nuclear arsenal, a move Geoffrey Aronson warns could unravel the bargain at the heart of the U.S.-Israel security partnership. Havana erupted in protest Thursday night…
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