September 07, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Sep 7, 2026 · 3m

Good morning! Today is Monday, September 7th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Emily Jashinsky examines how Christian conservatives, from Tucker Carlson to Catholic thinkers at First Things and Public Discourse, are breaking with the interventionist consensus and applying Just War criteria to Operation Epic Fury. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf warns that Tehran's era of proportionate responses is over after U.S. strikes crippled three Iranian oil tankers, while Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon and Gaza. Energy Secretary Chris Wright concedes a…