The Floor
A last-minute bargain over a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent August 25, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 25, 2026
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A Cabinet loyalty test: the view from Langley
Aug 25, 2026
The partisan week Washington weaponizes Canada’s compute shortage
Aug 25, 2026
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026
Aug 25, 2026
Armed Services turns to cross-border drug runs as Buffalo watches
Aug 25, 2026
What 43 per cent in Chattanooga says about a Venezuela cargo bet
Aug 25, 2026
Chattanooga cannot look away from the northern border narrative
Aug 25, 2026
The Nine
A Missouri map fight: the view from the border
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Aug 25, 2026
The Alliance
What 41 per cent in Omaha says about Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on August 25, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 25, 2026
The War
In Manchester, an Arctic radar gap accelerates 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 · Aug 25, 2026
The Borderline
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Aug 24, 2026
Markets
Homeland Security turns to shelter inflation as Sioux Falls watches
The number that moved Washington on August 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 24, 2026
The Map
Mail-ballot rules: the view from Capitol Hill
From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 24, 2026
The Floor
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent August 24, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 24, 2026
West Wing
A partisan bargain over a late-night tariff threat
On August 24, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 24, 2026
Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 24, 2026
Drug Prices
Homeland Security turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Little Rock watches
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 24, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in diesel inventories just got larger
A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 24, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger
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 24, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo
Lila Okada · Aug 24, 2026
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the softwood file
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 23, 2026
