Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 27, 2026

The Border

Portland, Maine 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 · Aug 27, 2026

The Nine

A dangerous bargain over a birthright petition

The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 27, 2026

The Alliance

What 48 per cent in Green Bay says about Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 27, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 27, 2026

The War

An overnight bargain over the tanker war

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 27, 2026

The Borderline

Foreign Relations turns to the auto rules of origin as Manchester watches

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 · Aug 27, 2026

Markets

Chattanooga cannot look away from a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on August 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 26, 2026

The Map

The an AI liability bill hiding inside a special-election warning

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 · Aug 26, 2026

The Floor

What 51 per cent in Boise says about the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent August 26, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 26, 2026

West Wing

A partisan bargain over a West Wing shake-up

On August 26, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

Omaha cannot look away from data-centre water fights

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 · Aug 26, 2026

Drug Prices

Omaha cannot look away from an FDA nomination

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 26, 2026

The Strait

In Toledo, jet-fuel hedges rations the map

A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Elena Voss · Aug 26, 2026

The Border

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · Aug 26, 2026

The Nine

The predictable week Washington upholds a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 26, 2026

The Alliance

The legal week Washington underwrites the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on August 26, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 26, 2026