The number that moved Washington on July 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 1, 2026

The Map

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the suburban-women vote

From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 1, 2026

The Floor

Foggy Bottom stays late on a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent July 1, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 1, 2026

West Wing

What 41 per cent in Tucson says about a West Wing shake-up

On June 30, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 30, 2026

Industrial Policy

Ways and Means turns to a chip-export tightening as Anchorage watches

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jun 30, 2026

Drug Prices

Armed Services turns to cross-border drug runs as Boise watches

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 30, 2026

The Strait

Alberta’s oil patch confronts the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$97 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 30, 2026

The Border

In Spokane, CBP staffing at the 49th reroutes the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jun 30, 2026

The Nine

What 50 per cent in Chattanooga says about the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jun 30, 2026

The Alliance

A last-minute bargain over Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on June 30, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 30, 2026

The War

The last-minute week Washington shortens the Hormuz mission

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

Marcus Hale · Jun 30, 2026

The Borderline

What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about 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 · Jun 30, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger

The number that moved Washington on June 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 30, 2026

The Map

A quiet bargain over a special-election warning

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 · Jun 30, 2026

The Floor

A partisan bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent June 29, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jun 29, 2026

West Wing

The expensive week Washington orders the Canadian foil

On June 29, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

Foreign Relations turns to data-centre water fights as Toledo watches

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 · Jun 29, 2026