June 07, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Jun 7, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Sunday, June 7th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. As FISA Section 702 nears its June 12 expiration, Harrison Berger reports on the bipartisan establishment's scramble to renew warrantless surveillance powers — and why civil libertarians shouldn't celebrate too soon even if it lapses. Ted Galen Carpenter argues that the deepening Russia–China partnership, on display at last month's Putin–Xi summit, is the predictable result of decades of Washington's own strategic blunders. Carpenter suggests Moscow's reluctant role as Beijing's junior partner…