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609 stories for “USMCA” · page 4 of 26

The Pentagon

Day 201, and the cupboard is still munitions and patience

The Pentagon measures the war in magazines. The campaign measures it in weeks.

Marcus Hale · Sep 16, 2026

Congress

A 220–204 stamp still dies in the other chamber

Sep 16, 2026

Midterms

Iowa’s two vulnerable Republicans just voted against the war

Sep 15, 2026

Congress

The House votes a third time to end the Iran war

Sep 15, 2026

Courts

Learning Resources still haunts every tariff the president now signs

Sep 15, 2026

Health

American drug prices are still a Canadian tourist industry

Sep 15, 2026

Technology

Export controls are still the China policy that does not need a speech

Sep 15, 2026

The Border

The northern ports are still staffed like a footnote

Washington’s border story remains southern. The 49th parallel keeps the overtime.

Nadia Rahman · Sep 15, 2026

West Wing

The West Wing wanted a quiet Tuesday. The House had other plans

A third war-powers vote is not a procedural courtesy. It is a midterm document.

James Whitfield · Sep 15, 2026

The Borderline

Section 338’s new Canada list is now live

The rewrite that landed on September 8 is no longer a threat. It is a customs code.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026

Statecraft

Hormuz is still a daily wager, not a closed file

Washington talks about progress through the Strait. Insurers talk about the next tanker.

Lila Okada · Sep 14, 2026

The Fed

Inflation at 3.4 per cent is the quiet verdict on the second term

Tariffs and Hormuz are in the same CPI. Households do not split the difference.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 14, 2026

Campaign 2026

Fox’s Iran number is the one Republican consultants cannot spin

Seventy-one per cent of voters see no clear off-ramp. That is not a foreign-policy problem. It is a map problem.

Peter Lang · Sep 14, 2026

The Pentagon

The US$87.6-billion war ask is still sitting on the Hill

The White House wants a second cheque for Iran. Republicans would rather campaign on prices than vote on a magazine.

Marcus Hale · Sep 14, 2026

Oil & Power

Diesel, not gasoline, is the number the Midwest is bringing to Washington

Freight and harvests are already paying a war premium. The Hill is learning the difference the hard way.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 14, 2026

The Borderline

The September 15 list is already a Canadian factory problem

Washington’s Section 338 rewrite lands tomorrow. Ottawa has the retaliation up. Plants in Ontario are not waiting for a mood swing.

Elena Voss · Sep 14, 2026

The Borderline

In Little Rock, the USMCA review miscalculates the map

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

Elena Voss · Sep 11, 2026

The Borderline

What 51 per cent in Anchorage says about the USMCA review

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

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026

The Borderline

A quiet bargain over the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026

The Floor

In Fresno, the farm bill leftovers loads the map

Lawmakers spent September 8, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 8, 2026

The Borderline

In Anchorage, a dairy flare-up weaponizes the map

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 · Sep 8, 2026

The Borderline

The continental week Washington isolates 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 · Sep 7, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage audits the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Sep 6, 2026

The Strait

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$109 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 6, 2026