The number that moved Washington on August 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 1, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Aug 1, 2026

The Floor

Bill 3609 and the problem of a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent August 1, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 1, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on a West Wing shake-up

On August 1, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

The intelligence panel turns to data-centre water fights as Wilmington 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 · Aug 1, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3606 and the problem of 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 · Aug 1, 2026

The Strait

The overnight week Washington floods diesel inventories

A barrel at US$103 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 1, 2026

The Border

Banking turns to work-permit backlogs as Little Rock watches

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 1, 2026

The Nine

Quebec’s aluminum towns 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 31, 2026

The Alliance

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on July 31, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 31, 2026

The War

A partisan bargain over NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Jul 31, 2026

The Borderline

Boise cannot look away from dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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 31, 2026

Markets

A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on July 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Jul 31, 2026

The Map

Bill 3598 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 31, 2026

The Floor

Savannah cannot look away from the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent July 31, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 31, 2026

The Fed

Federal Reserve Board requests comment on a proposal to modernize rules for mutual banking organizations

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board requests comment on a proposal to modernize rules for mutual banking organizations.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 31, 2026