October 23, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 23, 2026 · 3m

Good morning! Today is Friday, October 23rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. On day two hundred and thirty-seven of the Iran conflict, reports indicate American and Israeli planners are preparing fresh strikes after the November midterms, as Brent crude hits one hundred and ten dollars and gas climbs to four twenty-seven a gallon. Jude Russo asks what another round of bombing is actually supposed to achieve, warning that shifting political goals and the sheer scale of Iran make a decade-long luxury war untenable and diplomacy the more prudent path. and now for the…