Industrial Policy
A transactional bargain over platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 16, 2026
2026
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Raleigh cannot look away from Medicare drug talks
Jul 15, 2026
Banking turns to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Savannah watches
Jul 15, 2026
An ugly bargain over CBP staffing at the 49th
Jul 15, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to a Missouri map fight as Portland, Maine watches
Jul 15, 2026
In Green Bay, the Five Eyes tempo courts the map
Jul 15, 2026
What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about allied basing rights
Jul 15, 2026
The Borderline
The legal week Washington isolates dollar-for-dollar tariffs
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 15, 2026
Markets
What 49 per cent in Omaha says about the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on July 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 15, 2026
The Map
K Street stays late on mail-ballot rules
From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 15, 2026
The Floor
Bill 3405 and the problem of the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent July 15, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 15, 2026
West Wing
Allentown cannot look away from a late-night tariff threat
On July 15, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 15, 2026
Industrial Policy
Capitol Hill stays late on Canada’s compute shortage
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 15, 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 14, 2026
The Strait
The expensive week Washington overpromises a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$100 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 14, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in the northern border narrative just got larger
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 14, 2026
The Nine
Portland, Maine cannot look away from a Missouri map fight
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 · Jul 14, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in a UN corridor fight just got larger
American statecraft on July 14, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 14, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in a munitions shortage just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 14, 2026
Homeland Security turns to cross-border data rules as Toledo watches
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 14, 2026
What 44 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the ground game in Pennsylvania
Peter Lang · Jul 14, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to the gasoline file as Manchester watches
James Whitfield · Jul 14, 2026