The Strait
In Tucson, jet-fuel hedges reroutes the map
A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 22, 2026
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The border supplemental hiding inside work-permit backlogs
Aug 22, 2026
The West Wing stays late on a birthright petition
Aug 22, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Toledo watches
Aug 22, 2026
The Canada spending file: the view from Capitol Hill
Aug 22, 2026
Bill 3852 and the problem of the embassy channel
Aug 22, 2026
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside a hot payrolls print
Aug 21, 2026
The Map
Canada’s stake in mail-ballot rules just got larger
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 21, 2026
The Floor
The predictable week Washington loads a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent August 21, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 21, 2026
West Wing
In Little Rock, the midterm message doubles down on the map
On August 21, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 52 per cent in Savannah says about cloud contracts at DoD
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 21, 2026
Drug Prices
Foreign Relations turns to Medicare drug talks as Des Moines watches
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 21, 2026
The Strait
What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about diesel inventories
A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 21, 2026
The Border
What 47 per cent in Boise says about the northern border narrative
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 21, 2026
The Nine
K Street stays late on 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 21, 2026
The Alliance
Spokane cannot look away from Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on August 21, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 21, 2026
The War
Ways and Means turns to allied basing rights as Grand Rapids watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 21, 2026
The Borderline
K Street stays late on 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 · Aug 20, 2026
Markets
What 39 per cent in Allentown says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on August 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the December funding patch
Elena Voss · Aug 20, 2026
Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026
