The Floor
Washington stays late on the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent September 5, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Sep 5, 2026
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Bill 4028 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour
Sep 5, 2026
The TikTok residual: the view from Capitol Hill
Sep 5, 2026
Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger
Sep 5, 2026
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: the view from the West Wing
Sep 5, 2026
Langley stays late on work-permit backlogs
Sep 5, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a birthright petition
Sep 5, 2026
The Alliance
Foggy Bottom stays late on the Iran coalition
American statecraft on September 5, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Sep 5, 2026
The War
Alberta’s oil patch confronts 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 · Sep 5, 2026
The Borderline
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Sep 5, 2026
Markets
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on September 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Sep 5, 2026
The Map
In Savannah, a special-election warning narrows the map
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 · Sep 5, 2026
The Floor
What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent September 4, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Sep 4, 2026
West Wing
The continental week Washington doubles down on the gasoline file
On September 4, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Sep 4, 2026
Industrial Policy
The continental week Washington races the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Sep 4, 2026
The Pentagon
GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance for Aviation, National Security
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance for Aviation, National Security.
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
Drug Prices
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Sep 4, 2026
Statecraft
Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure.
Lila Okada · Sep 4, 2026
The Strait
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront diesel inventories
A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Sep 4, 2026
Exercise Urgent Response Tests Marine Corps Installation Partnerships
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
In Sioux Falls, the classified-documents fight fast-tracks the map
Claire Fontaine · Sep 4, 2026
