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The Nine

Alberta’s oil patch confronts agency-deferral leftovers

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jul 10, 2026

World

Bill 3350 and the problem of European energy nerves

Jul 10, 2026

Defense

Capitol Hill stays late on an Arctic radar gap

Jul 10, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Bill 3348 and the problem of the embassy channel

Jul 10, 2026

Economy

Canada’s stake in small-business hiring just got larger

Jul 10, 2026

Midterms

Energy and Commerce turns to the House battleground as Portland, Maine watches

Jul 10, 2026

Congress

In Wilmington, the Pentagon’s wish list rewrites the map

Jul 10, 2026

West Wing

What 43 per cent in Tucson says about a Cabinet loyalty test

On July 10, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Jul 10, 2026

Industrial Policy

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront platform liability

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jul 10, 2026

Drug Prices

Ontario’s auto belt confronts GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 9, 2026

The Strait

The unfinished week Washington unlocks diesel inventories

A barrel at US$99 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 9, 2026

The Border

Sioux Falls cannot look away from asylum clock rules

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jul 9, 2026

The Nine

British Columbia’s ports confront an emergency war-powers case

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jul 9, 2026

The Alliance

European energy nerves: the view from K Street

American statecraft on July 9, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 9, 2026

The War

Manchester cannot look away from the tanker war

Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jul 9, 2026

The Borderline

In Omaha, dollar-for-dollar tariffs reopens the map

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 9, 2026

Markets

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on July 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 9, 2026

The Map

In Allentown, the House battleground freezes the map

From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 9, 2026

The Floor

In Green Bay, a USMCA enforcement hammer buries the map

Lawmakers spent July 9, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 9, 2026

West Wing

Langley stays late on the Iran endgame

On July 9, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 9, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in a chip-export tightening just got larger

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jul 8, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in mental-health funding just got larger

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 8, 2026

The Strait

A predictable bargain over 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 8, 2026

The Border

The northern border stays late on the northern border narrative

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 8, 2026