October 25, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 25, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Sunday, October 25th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Democrats enter next month's midterms with an eleven-point generic ballot lead as Trump's approval sinks to thirty-four percent, with Hunter DeRensis arguing voters are decisively rejecting the Iran war and invoking the 1952 GOP antiwar playbook that carried Eisenhower to victory. On day two hundred thirty-nine of the Iran war, a memo from DNI Jay Clayton warns that Tehran's lethal plotting against Americans has reached "advanced stages," as the U.S. evacuates nonessential embassy staff…