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The Fed

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 27, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Foreign Relations turns to the auto rules of origin as Manchester watches

Aug 27, 2026

Economy

Chattanooga cannot look away from a factory-orders stall

Aug 26, 2026

Immigration

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside interior enforcement

Aug 26, 2026

Economy

Bill 3899 and the problem of a factory-orders stall

Aug 25, 2026

Technology

The partisan week Washington weaponizes Canada’s compute shortage

Aug 25, 2026

Economy

Homeland Security turns to shelter inflation as Sioux Falls watches

Aug 24, 2026

Drug Prices

Homeland Security turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Little Rock watches

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 24, 2026

The Nine

An ugly bargain over 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 · Aug 24, 2026

Markets

Bill 3875 and the problem of small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on August 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 23, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3869 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 23, 2026

Markets

Credit-card delinquencies: the view from Capitol Hill

The number that moved Washington on August 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 22, 2026

The Floor

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

Lawmakers spent August 22, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · 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

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

Markets

What 39 per cent in Allentown says about a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on August 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026

The Fed

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026

The Fed

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with SouthPoint Bancshares, Inc. and announces termination of enforcement action with Deutsche Bank AG, DB USA Corporation, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with SouthPoint Bancshares, Inc. and announces termination of enforcement action with Deutsche Bank AG, DB USA Corporation, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026

The Fed

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Regions Bank and former employee of United Community Bank

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Regions Bank and former employee of United Community Bank.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 20, 2026

The Nine

The expensive week Washington fast-tracks 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 · Aug 20, 2026

Markets

An overnight bargain over the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on August 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 19, 2026

The Alliance

Manchester cannot look away from the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on August 19, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 19, 2026

The War

Bill 3817 and the problem of the Canada spending file

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 19, 2026