Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jul 26, 2026

The Nine

The defence production rewrite hiding inside 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 26, 2026

The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to European energy nerves as Little Rock watches

American statecraft on July 26, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 26, 2026

The War

Little Rock cannot look away from a munitions shortage

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

Marcus Hale · Jul 26, 2026

The Borderline

Grand Rapids 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 26, 2026

Markets

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on July 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 26, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington explodes mail-ballot rules

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 26, 2026

The Floor

Armed Services turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Green Bay watches

Lawmakers spent July 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 26, 2026

West Wing

A quiet bargain over the midterm message

On July 26, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 38 per cent in Grand Rapids says about data-centre water fights

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 26, 2026

Drug Prices

A transactional bargain over Medicare drug talks

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 26, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington prices Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 25, 2026

The Border

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside 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 25, 2026

The Nine

The transactional week Washington rewrites 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.

Elena Voss · Jul 25, 2026

The Alliance

A Venezuela oil bargain: the view from the West Wing

American statecraft on July 25, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 25, 2026