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May 23, 2026
Good morning! Today is Saturday, May 23rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Forty-five days into the Iran ceasefire, Tehran's terms remain unchanged as Rubio rejects an Iran-Oman proposal to charge transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz, while the Washington Post reveals the U.S. has burned through half its THAAD interceptor inventory defending Israel. Harrison Berger reports that FDD president Clifford May, whose think tank spent years lobbying for war with Iran, now admits he has no idea what to do about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—a consequence the…
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