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The Alliance

The China secondary-sanctions threat: the view from Langley

American statecraft on August 23, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 23, 2026

Defense

In Fresno, the Hormuz mission rehearses the map

Aug 23, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The expensive week Washington weaponizes the softwood file

Aug 23, 2026

Economy

Credit-card delinquencies: the view from Capitol Hill

Aug 22, 2026

Midterms

A continental bargain over the suburban-women vote

Aug 22, 2026

Congress

What 48 per cent in Anchorage says about the Pentagon’s wish list

Aug 22, 2026

White House

In Little Rock, a Cabinet loyalty test orders the map

Aug 22, 2026

Industrial Policy

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 22, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3858 and the problem of a fentanyl precursor case

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 22, 2026

The Strait

In Tucson, jet-fuel hedges reroutes the map

A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 22, 2026

The Border

The border supplemental hiding inside work-permit backlogs

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Aug 22, 2026

The Nine

The West Wing stays late on a birthright petition

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 · Aug 22, 2026

The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Toledo watches

American statecraft on August 22, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Aug 22, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from Capitol Hill

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 22, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 3852 and the problem of the embassy channel

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 22, 2026

Markets

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on August 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 21, 2026

The Map

Canada’s stake in mail-ballot rules just got larger

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 · Aug 21, 2026

The Floor

The predictable week Washington loads a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent August 21, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 21, 2026

West Wing

In Little Rock, the midterm message doubles down on the map

On August 21, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 21, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 52 per cent in Savannah says about cloud contracts at DoD

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 21, 2026

Drug Prices

Foreign Relations turns to Medicare drug talks as Des Moines watches

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 21, 2026

The Strait

What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about diesel inventories

A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 21, 2026

The Border

What 47 per cent in Boise says about 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 · Aug 21, 2026

The Nine

K Street stays late on the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 21, 2026