The number that moved Washington on September 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 8, 2026

The Map

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside mail-ballot rules

From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Sep 8, 2026

The Floor

The quiet week Washington revives a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent September 7, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 7, 2026

West Wing

In Spokane, a West Wing shake-up sidelines the map

On September 7, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 7, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger

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 7, 2026

Drug Prices

Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 7, 2026

The Strait

Bill 4049 and the problem of Gulf Coast refining

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

Owen MacLeod · Sep 7, 2026

The Border

Anchorage cannot look away from CBP staffing at the 49th

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 · Sep 7, 2026

The Nine

Bill 4047 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 · Sep 7, 2026

The Alliance

What 43 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on September 7, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 7, 2026

The War

Allied basing rights: the view from the border

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

Marcus Hale · Sep 7, 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

Markets

The predictable week Washington unsettles credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on September 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 7, 2026

The Map

A continental bargain over a Senate toss-up

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

Peter Lang · Sep 7, 2026

The Floor

Armed Services turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Little Rock watches

Lawmakers spent September 6, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Sep 6, 2026

West Wing

Bill 4040 and the problem of a photo-op with refiners

On September 6, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 6, 2026