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The Border

Bill 3448 and the problem of 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 · Jul 18, 2026

Courts

Green Bay cannot look away from an emergency war-powers case

Jul 18, 2026

World

Fresno cannot look away from European energy nerves

Jul 18, 2026

Defense

Bill 3445 and the problem of carrier-group math

Jul 18, 2026

Canada–U.S.

An overnight bargain over cross-border data rules

Jul 18, 2026

Economy

The last-minute week Washington second-guesses small-business hiring

Jul 18, 2026

Midterms

Canada’s stake in the House battleground just got larger

Jul 18, 2026

The Floor

In Manchester, a USMCA enforcement hammer buries the map

Lawmakers spent July 18, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 18, 2026

West Wing

The legal week Washington walks back the Iran endgame

On July 18, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 18, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 3439 and the problem of 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 · Jul 18, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3438 and the problem of 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 · Jul 18, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3437 and the problem of jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$100 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 17, 2026

The Border

A last-minute bargain over 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 · Jul 17, 2026

The Nine

The mail-in voting order: the view from Langley

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 · Jul 17, 2026

The Alliance

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside European energy nerves

American statecraft on July 17, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 17, 2026

The War

In Manchester, an Arctic radar gap exposes 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 · Jul 17, 2026

The Borderline

Ways and Means turns to the USMCA review as Omaha watches

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 17, 2026

Markets

An overnight bargain over the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on July 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 17, 2026

The Map

Mail-ballot rules: the view from the West Wing

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

Peter Lang · Jul 17, 2026

The Floor

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent July 17, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jul 17, 2026

West Wing

The West Wing stays late on a photo-op with refiners

On July 17, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

Homeland Security turns to an election-deepfake statute as Omaha watches

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 · Jul 17, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in mental-health funding just got larger

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 17, 2026

The Strait

Ontario’s auto belt confronts jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$100 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 16, 2026