The Nine
In Tucson, sanctions litigation upholds the map
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Aug 30, 2026
2026
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What 41 per cent in Tucson says about the Iran coalition
Aug 30, 2026
Bill 3949 and the problem of a munitions shortage
Aug 30, 2026
K Street stays late on the embassy channel
Aug 30, 2026
What 45 per cent in Buffalo says about credit-card delinquencies
Aug 30, 2026
In Anchorage, a Senate toss-up explodes the map
Aug 29, 2026
Judiciary turns to the December funding patch as Tucson watches
Aug 29, 2026
West Wing
The gasoline file: the view from Langley
On August 29, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 29, 2026
Industrial Policy
Banking turns to data-centre water fights as Anchorage 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 · Aug 29, 2026
Drug Prices
A quiet bargain over an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 29, 2026
The Strait
Bill 3941 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 29, 2026
The Border
What 49 per cent in Allentown says about a Safe Third Country strain
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 29, 2026
The Nine
A dangerous bargain over the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Elena Voss · Aug 29, 2026
The Alliance
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront European energy nerves
American statecraft on August 29, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 29, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 29, 2026
The Borderline
Sioux Falls cannot look away from the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 29, 2026
Markets
Capitol Hill stays late on credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on August 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 29, 2026
The Map
In Des Moines, the generic ballot explodes the map
From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 28, 2026
The Floor
What 38 per cent in Omaha says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent August 28, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 28, 2026
