June 08, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Jun 8, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Monday, June 8th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel Sunday night in the first major breach of the April ceasefire, after Israeli strikes on Beirut defied private White House objections and Trump publicly urged restraint on both sides. Jennifer Kavanagh argues in The American Conservative that Operation Epic Fury has been a strategic disaster, with Iran's regime, nuclear program, and missile arsenal largely intact and the Strait of Hormuz still closed. Kavanagh calls for managed retrenchment—ending Middle…