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The Alliance

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront European energy nerves

American statecraft on August 29, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 29, 2026

Defense

Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger

Aug 29, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Sioux Falls cannot look away from the auto rules of origin

Aug 29, 2026

Economy

Capitol Hill stays late on credit-card delinquencies

Aug 29, 2026

Midterms

In Des Moines, the generic ballot explodes the map

Aug 28, 2026

Congress

What 38 per cent in Omaha says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Aug 28, 2026

White House

Ontario’s auto belt confronts the mail-in ballot order

Aug 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

An ugly bargain over 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 28, 2026

Drug Prices

Chattanooga cannot look away from mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 28, 2026

The Strait

Gulf Coast refining: the view from the border

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

Owen MacLeod · Aug 28, 2026

The Border

Raleigh cannot look away from student-visa friction

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 28, 2026

The Nine

The intelligence panel turns to a tariff-authority challenge as Tucson watches

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 28, 2026

The Alliance

Armed Services turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Wilmington watches

American statecraft on August 28, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 28, 2026

The War

A munitions shortage: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 28, 2026

The Borderline

Fresno cannot look away from 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 28, 2026

Markets

Green Bay cannot look away from credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 27, 2026

The Map

Judiciary turns to the ground game in Pennsylvania as Raleigh watches

From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Elena Voss · Aug 27, 2026

The Floor

Ontario’s auto belt confronts a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent August 27, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 27, 2026

West Wing

What 51 per cent in Anchorage says about a late-night tariff threat

On August 27, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 27, 2026

Industrial Policy

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the TikTok residual

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 · Aug 27, 2026

Drug Prices

Foreign Relations turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Spokane 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 27, 2026

The Strait

The intelligence panel turns to diesel inventories as Tucson watches

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 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