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The Strait

Langley stays late on 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 13, 2026

Immigration

Foggy Bottom stays late on a humanitarian parole fight

Jul 13, 2026

Courts

Foggy Bottom stays late on a Missouri map fight

Jul 13, 2026

World

Foreign Relations turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Fresno watches

Jul 13, 2026

Defense

The unfinished week Washington exposes the tanker war

Jul 13, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the embassy channel

Jul 13, 2026

Economy

Banking turns to the strong-dollar problem as Green Bay watches

Jul 13, 2026

The Map

Bill 3382 and the problem of the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Jul 13, 2026

The Floor

In Wilmington, an emergency war authorization fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent July 13, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 13, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger

On July 13, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 3379 and the problem of the AI safety rulebook

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

David Chen · Jul 12, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3378 and the problem of mental-health funding

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

Elena Voss · Jul 12, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in Gulf Coast refining just got larger

A barrel at US$99 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 12, 2026

The Border

Bill 3376 and the problem of 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 12, 2026

The Nine

Bill 3375 and the problem of a Missouri map fight

The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jul 12, 2026

The Alliance

The predictable week Washington improvises Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on July 12, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 12, 2026

The War

Raleigh cannot look away from carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jul 12, 2026

The Borderline

A legal bargain over a dairy flare-up

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 12, 2026

Markets

An expensive bargain over a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on July 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 12, 2026

The Map

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a Senate toss-up

From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 12, 2026

The Floor

The ugly week Washington buries the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent July 12, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 12, 2026

West Wing

The unfinished week Washington doubles down on a late-night tariff threat

On July 12, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

A continental bargain over 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 11, 2026

Drug Prices

The an AI liability bill hiding inside a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 11, 2026