The Alliance
The intelligence panel turns to European energy nerves as Buffalo watches
American statecraft on August 16, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 16, 2026
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An overnight bargain over a munitions shortage
Aug 16, 2026
Bill 3780 and the problem of steel and aluminum duties
Aug 15, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to the September FOMC as Green Bay watches
Aug 15, 2026
In Raleigh, a special-election warning explodes the map
Aug 15, 2026
Omaha cannot look away from the December funding patch
Aug 15, 2026
Langley stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test
Aug 15, 2026
Industrial Policy
Cloud contracts at DoD: the view from the border
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 15, 2026
Drug Prices
The expensive week Washington audits an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 15, 2026
The Strait
Omaha cannot look away from jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$105 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 15, 2026
The Border
What 46 per cent in Anchorage says about 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 15, 2026
The Nine
In Little Rock, a Missouri map fight clears the map
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 15, 2026
The Alliance
A legal bargain over a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on August 15, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 15, 2026
The War
Foreign Relations turns to the Hormuz mission as Raleigh watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Aug 14, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger
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 14, 2026
Markets
Shelter inflation: the view from Langley
The number that moved Washington on August 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 14, 2026
The Map
Judiciary turns to the generic ballot as Wilmington watches
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 14, 2026
The Floor
What 40 per cent in Portland, Maine says about the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent August 14, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 14, 2026
West Wing
The border supplemental hiding inside a late-night tariff threat
On August 14, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 14, 2026
The last-minute week Washington weaponizes platform liability
David Chen · Aug 14, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to hospital staffing as Anchorage watches
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 14, 2026
