The War
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside an Arctic radar gap
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 8, 2026
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Ontario’s auto belt confronts cross-border data rules
Jul 8, 2026
What 39 per cent in Portland, Maine says about the gasoline shock
Jul 8, 2026
The quiet week Washington reorders the suburban-women vote
Jul 8, 2026
An expensive bargain over a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Jul 8, 2026
Fresno cannot look away from the gasoline file
Jul 8, 2026
The AI safety rulebook: the view from Capitol Hill
Jul 7, 2026
Drug Prices
In Tucson, an FDA nomination shortages the map
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 7, 2026
The Strait
In Toledo, jet-fuel hedges prices the map
A barrel at US$98 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 7, 2026
The Border
A continental 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 · Jul 7, 2026
The Nine
Homeland Security turns to an emergency war-powers case as Fresno watches
The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 7, 2026
The Alliance
The unfinished week Washington recalculates the Iran coalition
American statecraft on July 7, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 7, 2026
The War
In Portland, Maine, carrier-group math rehearses the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 7, 2026
The Borderline
In Wilmington, cross-border data rules tests the map
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 · Jul 7, 2026
Markets
What 38 per cent in Manchester says about credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on July 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 7, 2026
The Map
Canada’s stake in a Senate toss-up just got larger
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Jul 7, 2026
The Floor
Energy and Commerce turns to an emergency war authorization as Little Rock watches
Lawmakers spent July 7, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 7, 2026
West Wing
What 39 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the mail-in ballot order
On July 7, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
The TikTok residual: the view from the West Wing
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 6, 2026
