May 05, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · May 5, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Tuesday, May 5th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Harrison Berger reports on the unbroken flow of American aid to Israel as a former Mossad chief tours raided Palestinian villages and says he is ashamed, while a daylight school shooting and the killing of a Philadelphia native go unpunished. Ted Snider examines the bind of the Gulf states, which warned Washington against the war, host 40,000 U.S. troops, and have absorbed 83 percent of Iran's retaliatory strikes — leaving the American security umbrella in tatters. Trump's "Project Freedom"…