The War
Capitol Hill stays late on carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 27, 2026
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Drug Prices
Chattanooga cannot look away from 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 · Jul 27, 2026
The Strait
An unfinished bargain over a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$102 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 27, 2026
The Border
What 48 per cent in Des Moines says about a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 26, 2026
The Nine
The defence production rewrite hiding inside agency-deferral leftovers
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 26, 2026
The Alliance
Energy and Commerce turns to European energy nerves as Little Rock watches
American statecraft on July 26, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 26, 2026
The War
Little Rock cannot look away from a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 26, 2026
The Borderline
Grand Rapids cannot look away from dollar-for-dollar tariffs
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 26, 2026
Markets
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on July 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 26, 2026
The Map
The ugly week Washington explodes mail-ballot rules
From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 26, 2026
The Floor
Armed Services turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Green Bay watches
Lawmakers spent July 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 26, 2026
West Wing
A quiet bargain over the midterm message
On July 26, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 26, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 38 per cent in Grand Rapids says about 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 · Jul 26, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside the northern border narrative
Nadia Rahman · Jul 25, 2026
