Markets
What 49 per cent in Omaha says about the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on July 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 15, 2026
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K Street stays late on mail-ballot rules
Jul 15, 2026
Bill 3405 and the problem of the December funding patch
Jul 15, 2026
Allentown cannot look away from a late-night tariff threat
Jul 15, 2026
Capitol Hill stays late on Canada’s compute shortage
Jul 15, 2026
An unfinished bargain over cross-border drug runs
Jul 14, 2026
The expensive week Washington overpromises a Venezuela cargo bet
Jul 14, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in the northern border narrative just got larger
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 14, 2026
The Nine
Portland, Maine cannot look away from a Missouri map fight
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 14, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in a UN corridor fight just got larger
American statecraft on July 14, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 14, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in a munitions shortage just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 14, 2026
The Borderline
Homeland Security turns to cross-border data rules as Toledo watches
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 14, 2026
Markets
Bill 3395 and the problem of a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on July 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Jul 14, 2026
The Map
What 44 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the ground game in Pennsylvania
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 14, 2026
The Floor
Canada’s stake in a border supplemental just got larger
Lawmakers spent July 14, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 14, 2026
West Wing
Energy and Commerce turns to the gasoline file as Manchester watches
On July 14, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 14, 2026
Industrial Policy
Homeland Security turns to data-centre water fights as Spokane 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 · Jul 14, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 13, 2026
The Strait
Langley stays late on jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$99 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 13, 2026
