Statecraft
Army Artillery Brigade Builds Tactical Proficiency
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Army Artillery Brigade Builds Tactical Proficiency.
Lila Okada · Sep 2, 2026
2026
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A dangerous bargain over asylum clock rules
Sep 2, 2026
In Buffalo, a birthright petition narrows the map
Sep 2, 2026
Officials Provide Progress Update on Major Operation 1 Year After its Launch
Sep 2, 2026
Armed Services turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Chattanooga watches
Sep 2, 2026
A predictable bargain over carrier-group math
Sep 2, 2026
What 41 per cent in Fresno says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Sep 2, 2026
Markets
What 38 per cent in Toledo says about small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on September 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Sep 2, 2026
The Map
Raleigh cannot look away from the suburban-women vote
From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Sep 1, 2026
The Floor
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside an emergency war authorization
Lawmakers spent September 1, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Sep 1, 2026
West Wing
What 46 per cent in Allentown says about the midterm message
On September 1, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Sep 1, 2026
The Age of AI
ChatGPT, Grok Added to War Department's AI System Options
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: ChatGPT, Grok Added to War Department's AI System Options.
David Chen · Sep 1, 2026
Industrial Policy
The West Wing stays late on 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 1, 2026
Drug Prices
What 45 per cent in Spokane says about cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Sep 1, 2026
Statecraft
Airlift Wing Builds Mobility Readiness During Exercises
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Airlift Wing Builds Mobility Readiness During Exercises.
Lila Okada · Sep 1, 2026
The Strait
K Street stays late on the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Sep 1, 2026
The Border
A last-minute bargain over work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Sep 1, 2026
The Nine
Green Bay cannot look away from a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Sep 1, 2026
The Alliance
What 51 per cent in Anchorage says about a UN corridor fight
American statecraft on September 1, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Sep 1, 2026
