September 03, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Sep 3, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Thursday, September 3rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. With Democrats poised to potentially flip the Senate this November, one man could hold their razor-thin majority hostage: Pennsylvania's John Fetterman, whose fervent backing of Israel and Trump's Iran war has already sunk his party's war powers resolutions at least a dozen times. U.S. Central Command struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets along the Strait of Hormuz as the Iran war entered its 187th day, with Trump dismissing negotiations and again floating regime change while…