The Borderline
What 50 per cent in Fresno says about 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.
Elena Voss · Jul 21, 2026
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What 52 per cent in Wilmington says about a hot payrolls print
Jul 21, 2026
The dangerous week Washington flattens early-state enthusiasm
Jul 21, 2026
What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Jul 21, 2026
In Raleigh, the Iran endgame sidelines the map
Jul 21, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to the TikTok residual as Sioux Falls watches
Jul 21, 2026
An unfinished bargain over cross-border drug runs
Jul 21, 2026
The Strait
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from K Street
A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 20, 2026
The Border
Raleigh cannot look away from 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 · Jul 20, 2026
The Nine
Foreign Relations turns to a birthright petition as Little Rock watches
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 20, 2026
The Alliance
Mexico’s balancing act: the view from the border
American statecraft on July 20, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 20, 2026
The War
An Arctic radar gap: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 20, 2026
The Borderline
Buffalo cannot look away from 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 · Jul 20, 2026
Markets
What 47 per cent in Green Bay says about shelter inflation
The number that moved Washington on July 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 20, 2026
The Map
Mail-ballot rules: the view from the border
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 20, 2026
The Floor
Bill 3465 and the problem of a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent July 20, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 20, 2026
West Wing
Foreign Relations turns to a photo-op with refiners as Chattanooga watches
On July 20, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 20, 2026
Industrial Policy
A quiet bargain over 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.
Elena Voss · Jul 20, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 3462 and the problem of 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 · Jul 20, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Owen MacLeod · Jul 19, 2026
Canada’s stake in a tariff-authority challenge just got larger
Claire Fontaine · Jul 19, 2026
