2026
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378 stories from August 2026 · page 11 of 16
The Border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 12, 2026
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The Floor
Lawmakers spent August 11, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 11, 2026
West Wing
On August 11, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 11, 2026
Industrial Policy
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 11, 2026
Drug Prices
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 11, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$104 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 11, 2026
The Border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 11, 2026
The Nine
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Aug 11, 2026
The Alliance
American statecraft on August 10, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 10, 2026
The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 10, 2026
The Borderline
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 10, 2026
Markets
The number that moved Washington on August 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 10, 2026
The Map
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Aug 10, 2026
