The War
Capitol Hill stays late on NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
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What 46 per cent in Grand Rapids says about cross-border data rules
Sep 4, 2026
British Columbia’s ports confront the gasoline shock
Sep 4, 2026
Canada’s stake in a special-election warning just got larger
Sep 4, 2026
The dangerous week Washington loads a USMCA enforcement hammer
Sep 3, 2026
In Tucson, the gasoline file orders the map
Sep 3, 2026
In Savannah, the TikTok residual races the map
Sep 3, 2026
Drug Prices
The ugly week Washington narrows a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Sep 3, 2026
The Pentagon
Cadets Explore Potential Army Careers During Branch Week
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Cadets Explore Potential Army Careers During Branch Week.
Marcus Hale · Sep 3, 2026
The Strait
Washington stays late on a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Sep 3, 2026
The Pentagon
Naval Warfare Center Showcases Unmanned Refueling at Sea
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Naval Warfare Center Showcases Unmanned Refueling at Sea.
Marcus Hale · Sep 3, 2026
The Border
Energy and Commerce turns to CBP staffing at the 49th as Green Bay watches
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 · Sep 3, 2026
The Nine
The classified-documents fight: the view from Capitol Hill
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 · Sep 3, 2026
The Alliance
The continental week Washington loses European energy nerves
American statecraft on September 3, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Sep 3, 2026
The War
What 48 per cent in Fresno says about 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 · Sep 3, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in steel and aluminum duties just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Sep 3, 2026
Markets
Washington stays late on the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on September 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Sep 3, 2026
The Map
Ontario’s auto belt confronts a Senate toss-up
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Sep 2, 2026
The Floor
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent September 2, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Sep 2, 2026
