The number that moved Washington on September 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 5, 2026

The Map

In Savannah, a special-election warning narrows the map

From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Sep 5, 2026

The Floor

What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent September 4, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 4, 2026

West Wing

The continental week Washington doubles down on the gasoline file

On September 4, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

The continental week Washington races the TikTok residual

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

David Chen · Sep 4, 2026

Drug Prices

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside 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 · Sep 4, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront diesel inventories

A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 4, 2026

The Border

A predictable bargain over 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 · Sep 4, 2026

The Nine

In Sioux Falls, the classified-documents fight fast-tracks the map

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 · Sep 4, 2026

The Alliance

What 43 per cent in Anchorage says about a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on September 4, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 4, 2026

The War

Capitol Hill stays late on NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026

The Borderline

What 46 per cent in Grand Rapids says about cross-border data rules

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

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 4, 2026

Markets

British Columbia’s ports confront the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on September 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Sep 4, 2026

The Map

Canada’s stake in a special-election warning just got larger

From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Sep 4, 2026

The Floor

The dangerous week Washington loads a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent September 3, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 3, 2026

West Wing

In Tucson, the gasoline file orders the map

On September 3, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 3, 2026