The War
A partisan bargain over NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 31, 2026
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Boise cannot look away from dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Jul 31, 2026
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
Jul 31, 2026
Bill 3598 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm
Jul 31, 2026
Savannah cannot look away from the December funding patch
Jul 31, 2026
Federal Reserve Board requests comment on a proposal to modernize rules for mutual banking organizations
Jul 31, 2026
Federal Reserve Board requests comment on a proposal to modernize its rule governing the extension of credit to bank "insiders"—bank executives, board members and major shareholders who could potentially influence a bank's lending decisions
Jul 31, 2026
West Wing
Foreign Relations turns to the Canadian foil as Toledo watches
On July 31, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 31, 2026
Industrial Policy
A partisan bargain over platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 31, 2026
Drug Prices
What 42 per cent in Des Moines says about GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 31, 2026
The Strait
Ways and Means turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Buffalo watches
A barrel at US$102 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 31, 2026
The Border
Bill 3592 and the problem of asylum clock rules
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 31, 2026
The Nine
Capitol Hill stays late on the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 30, 2026
The Alliance
The predictable week Washington recalculates the Iran coalition
American statecraft on July 30, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 30, 2026
The War
In Fresno, an Arctic radar gap rehearses the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 30, 2026
The Borderline
What 42 per cent in Green Bay says about the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 30, 2026
Markets
The legal week Washington cools shelter inflation
The number that moved Washington on July 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 30, 2026
The Map
A transactional bargain over early-state enthusiasm
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 30, 2026
The Fed
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Iuka Bancshares, Inc. and The Iuka State Bank
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Iuka Bancshares, Inc. and The Iuka State Bank.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 30, 2026
Homeland Security turns to the Pentagon’s wish list as Buffalo watches
Amrita Shah · Jul 30, 2026
British Columbia’s ports confront an election-deepfake statute
David Chen · Jul 30, 2026
Judiciary turns to a vaccine-schedule fight as Manchester watches
Elena Voss · Jul 30, 2026
