The Strait
An unfinished bargain over a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 21, 2026
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The dangerous week Washington freezes a Safe Third Country strain
Jul 21, 2026
Chattanooga cannot look away from the classified-documents fight
Jul 21, 2026
Sioux Falls cannot look away from European energy nerves
Jul 21, 2026
An overnight bargain over carrier-group math
Jul 21, 2026
What 50 per cent in Fresno says about the USMCA review
Jul 21, 2026
What 52 per cent in Wilmington says about a hot payrolls print
Jul 21, 2026
The Map
The dangerous week Washington flattens early-state enthusiasm
From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 21, 2026
The Floor
What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent July 21, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 21, 2026
West Wing
In Raleigh, the Iran endgame sidelines the map
On July 21, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
Energy and Commerce turns to the TikTok residual as Sioux Falls watches
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 · Jul 21, 2026
Drug Prices
An unfinished bargain over cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 21, 2026
The Strait
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from K Street
A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 20, 2026
The Border
Raleigh cannot look away from a Safe Third Country strain
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 20, 2026
The Nine
Foreign Relations turns to a birthright petition as Little Rock watches
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 · Jul 20, 2026
The Alliance
Mexico’s balancing act: the view from the border
American statecraft on July 20, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 20, 2026
The War
An Arctic radar gap: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 20, 2026
The Borderline
Buffalo cannot look away from 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.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 20, 2026
Markets
What 47 per cent in Green Bay says about shelter inflation
The number that moved Washington on July 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 20, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to a photo-op with refiners as Chattanooga watches
James Whitfield · Jul 20, 2026
