The War
Alberta’s oil patch confronts the tanker war
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Sep 5, 2026
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The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the USMCA review
Sep 5, 2026
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the gasoline shock
Sep 5, 2026
In Savannah, a special-election warning narrows the map
Sep 5, 2026
What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about the debt-limit shadow play
Sep 4, 2026
The continental week Washington doubles down on the gasoline file
Sep 4, 2026
The continental week Washington races the TikTok residual
Sep 4, 2026
The Pentagon
GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance for Aviation, National Security
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance for Aviation, National Security.
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
Drug Prices
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Sep 4, 2026
Statecraft
Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure.
Lila Okada · Sep 4, 2026
The Strait
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront diesel inventories
A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Sep 4, 2026
The Pentagon
Exercise Urgent Response Tests Marine Corps Installation Partnerships
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Exercise Urgent Response Tests Marine Corps Installation Partnerships.
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
The Border
A predictable bargain over work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Sep 4, 2026
The Fed
Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.
Thomas Bergeron · Sep 4, 2026
The Nine
In Sioux Falls, the classified-documents fight fast-tracks the map
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Sep 4, 2026
The Alliance
What 43 per cent in Anchorage says about a UN corridor fight
American statecraft on September 4, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Sep 4, 2026
The War
Capitol Hill stays late on NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Sep 4, 2026
The Borderline
What 46 per cent in Grand Rapids says about 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 · Sep 4, 2026
Markets
British Columbia’s ports confront the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on September 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Sep 4, 2026
