West Wing
What 51 per cent in Anchorage says about a late-night tariff threat
On August 27, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 27, 2026
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The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the TikTok residual
Aug 27, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Spokane watches
Aug 27, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to diesel inventories as Tucson watches
Aug 27, 2026
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Aug 27, 2026
Portland, Maine cannot look away from CBP staffing at the 49th
Aug 27, 2026
A dangerous bargain over a birthright petition
Aug 27, 2026
The Alliance
What 48 per cent in Green Bay says about Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on August 27, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 27, 2026
The War
An overnight bargain over the tanker war
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 27, 2026
The Borderline
Foreign Relations turns to the auto rules of origin as Manchester watches
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 · Aug 27, 2026
Markets
Chattanooga cannot look away from a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on August 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 26, 2026
The Map
The an AI liability bill hiding inside a special-election warning
From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 26, 2026
The Floor
What 51 per cent in Boise says about the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent August 26, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 26, 2026
West Wing
A partisan bargain over a West Wing shake-up
On August 26, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 26, 2026
Industrial Policy
Omaha cannot look away from data-centre water fights
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 26, 2026
Drug Prices
Omaha cannot look away from an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 26, 2026
The Strait
In Toledo, jet-fuel hedges rations the map
A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Aug 26, 2026
The Border
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside interior enforcement
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 26, 2026
The Nine
The predictable week Washington upholds a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Aug 26, 2026
The legal week Washington underwrites the China secondary-sanctions threat
Lila Okada · Aug 26, 2026
The last-minute week Washington weaponizes cross-border data rules
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 26, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside early-state enthusiasm
Peter Lang · Aug 25, 2026