October 28, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 28, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, October 28th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Jack Hunter argues the voter anger driving the midterms is not nostalgia for a McCain-Romney GOP but a continuation of the populist revolt that produced Trump—now aimed at a president who promised no new wars yet launched one with Iran. W. James Antle III warns Republicans against drawing the wrong lesson from likely midterm losses, cautioning that a bipartisan immigration deal pitched as legacy-defining would misread why Hispanic support grew in the first place. Ted Galen Carpenter…