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The War

Bill 3901 and the problem of NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 26, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The last-minute week Washington weaponizes cross-border data rules

Aug 26, 2026

Economy

Bill 3899 and the problem of a factory-orders stall

Aug 25, 2026

Midterms

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside early-state enthusiasm

Aug 25, 2026

Congress

A last-minute bargain over a border supplemental

Aug 25, 2026

White House

A Cabinet loyalty test: the view from Langley

Aug 25, 2026

Technology

The partisan week Washington weaponizes Canada’s compute shortage

Aug 25, 2026

West Wing

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026.

James Whitfield · Aug 25, 2026

Drug Prices

Armed Services turns to cross-border drug runs as Buffalo 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 · Aug 25, 2026

The Strait

What 43 per cent in Chattanooga says about a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 25, 2026

The Border

Chattanooga cannot look away from the northern border narrative

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

Nadia Rahman · Aug 25, 2026

The Nine

A Missouri map fight: the view from the border

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

Claire Fontaine · Aug 25, 2026

The Alliance

What 41 per cent in Omaha says about Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 25, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 25, 2026

The War

In Manchester, an Arctic radar gap accelerates the map

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Aug 25, 2026

The Borderline

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the softwood file

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

Elena Voss · Aug 24, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to shelter inflation as Sioux Falls watches

The number that moved Washington on August 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 24, 2026

The Map

Mail-ballot rules: the view from Capitol Hill

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

Peter Lang · Aug 24, 2026

The Floor

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent August 24, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 24, 2026

West Wing

A partisan bargain over a late-night tariff threat

On August 24, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 24, 2026

Drug Prices

Homeland Security turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Little Rock watches

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 24, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in diesel inventories just got larger

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

Owen MacLeod · Aug 24, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger

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 24, 2026

The Nine

An ugly bargain over an emergency war-powers case

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 24, 2026