The Strait
Ways and Means turns to Gulf Coast refining as Anchorage watches
A barrel at US$105 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 13, 2026
2026
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What 50 per cent in Green Bay says about student-visa friction
Aug 13, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on sanctions litigation
Aug 13, 2026
In Portland, Maine, the China secondary-sanctions threat improvises the map
Aug 13, 2026
Canada’s stake in a munitions shortage just got larger
Aug 12, 2026
Ontario’s auto belt confronts the softwood file
Aug 12, 2026
A continental bargain over the strong-dollar problem
Aug 12, 2026
The Map
A transactional bargain over early-state enthusiasm
From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 12, 2026
The Floor
Ways and Means turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Savannah watches
Lawmakers spent August 12, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 12, 2026
West Wing
Alberta’s oil patch confronts a West Wing shake-up
On August 12, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 12, 2026
Industrial Policy
Langley stays late on Canada’s compute shortage
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 12, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 12, 2026
The Strait
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$104 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 12, 2026
The Border
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside CBP staffing at the 49th
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 · Aug 12, 2026
The Nine
A tariff-authority challenge: the view from Capitol Hill
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.
Elena Voss · Aug 12, 2026
The Alliance
The expensive week Washington splits Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on August 12, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 12, 2026
The War
Armed Services turns to the Canada spending file as Spokane watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 11, 2026
The Borderline
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Aug 11, 2026
Markets
A hot payrolls print: the view from K Street
The number that moved Washington on August 11, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 11, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside data-centre water fights
David Chen · Aug 11, 2026
