The Border
Bill 3688 and the problem of student-visa friction
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 8, 2026
2026
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A birthright petition: the view from the West Wing
Aug 8, 2026
What 49 per cent in Des Moines says about a UN corridor fight
Aug 7, 2026
The dangerous week Washington widens allied basing rights
Aug 7, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Aug 7, 2026
Langley stays late on shelter inflation
Aug 7, 2026
What 43 per cent in Toledo says about a Senate toss-up
Aug 7, 2026
The Floor
What 39 per cent in Omaha says about the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent August 7, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 7, 2026
West Wing
A quiet bargain over the Iran endgame
On August 7, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
Langley stays late on the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 7, 2026
Drug Prices
British Columbia’s ports confront mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 7, 2026
The Strait
The West Wing stays late on a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$104 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 7, 2026
The Border
In Savannah, interior enforcement tightens the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 7, 2026
The Nine
Bill 3675 and the problem of the classified-documents fight
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Aug 7, 2026
The Alliance
The Iran coalition: the view from Langley
American statecraft on August 6, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 6, 2026
The War
An Arctic radar gap: the view from Capitol Hill
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 6, 2026
The Borderline
The border supplemental hiding inside steel and aluminum duties
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 6, 2026
Markets
A factory-orders stall: the view from Capitol Hill
The number that moved Washington on August 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 6, 2026
The Map
Bill 3670 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 6, 2026
The partisan week Washington fast-tracks an emergency war authorization
Amrita Shah · Aug 6, 2026
What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Canada’s compute shortage
Elena Voss · Aug 6, 2026
