The Nine
Wilmington cannot look away from a Missouri map fight
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 · Jul 23, 2026
2026
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A partisan bargain over a Venezuela oil bargain
Jul 23, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a munitions shortage
Jul 23, 2026
Bill 3504 and the problem of the USMCA review
Jul 23, 2026
An expensive bargain over the strong-dollar problem
Jul 23, 2026
A predictable bargain over the ground game in Pennsylvania
Jul 23, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play
Jul 23, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a sudden pardon rumour just got larger
On July 23, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
Judiciary turns to data-centre water fights as Fresno watches
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 23, 2026
Drug Prices
The intelligence panel turns to an FDA nomination as Omaha watches
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 23, 2026
The Strait
In Des Moines, the Hormuz risk premium prices the map
A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Jul 22, 2026
The Border
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside 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 · Jul 22, 2026
The Nine
What 47 per cent in Boise says about a Missouri map fight
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 · Jul 22, 2026
The Alliance
In Des Moines, a Venezuela oil bargain courts the map
American statecraft on July 22, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 22, 2026
The War
Foggy Bottom stays late on the Canada spending file
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 22, 2026
The Borderline
Cross-border data rules: the view from Capitol Hill
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 22, 2026
Markets
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on July 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 22, 2026
The Map
The West Wing stays late on the generic ballot
From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 22, 2026
The Floor
An unfinished bargain over the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent July 22, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 22, 2026
What 48 per cent in Little Rock says about GLP-1 coverage fights
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 22, 2026
The dangerous week Washington freezes a Safe Third Country strain
Nadia Rahman · Jul 21, 2026