The number that moved Washington on September 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 1, 2026

The Map

A last-minute bargain over the suburban-women vote

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

Peter Lang · Aug 31, 2026

The Floor

Canada’s stake in the Pentagon’s wish list just got larger

Lawmakers spent August 31, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 31, 2026

West Wing

What 49 per cent in Chattanooga says about a late-night tariff threat

On August 31, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 31, 2026

Industrial Policy

A transactional bargain over a chip-export tightening

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 · Aug 31, 2026

Drug Prices

Washington stays late on a fentanyl precursor case

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 31, 2026

The Strait

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 31, 2026

The Border

Energy and Commerce turns to student-visa friction as Portland, Maine watches

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Aug 31, 2026

The Nine

Bill 3963 and the problem of 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 · Aug 31, 2026

The Alliance

In Anchorage, the Iran coalition improvises the map

American statecraft on August 31, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 31, 2026

The War

The Hormuz mission: the view from the West Wing

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 31, 2026

The Borderline

The northern border stays late on 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 · Aug 31, 2026

Markets

The transactional week Washington unsettles a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on August 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 31, 2026

The Map

The intelligence panel turns to a special-election warning as Chattanooga watches

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

Peter Lang · Aug 30, 2026

The Floor

What 45 per cent in Buffalo says about an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent August 30, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 30, 2026

West Wing

An expensive bargain over a West Wing shake-up

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

Elena Voss · Aug 30, 2026