From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Aug 30, 2026

The Floor

What 45 per cent in Buffalo says about an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent August 30, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 30, 2026

West Wing

An expensive bargain over a West Wing shake-up

On August 30, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Aug 30, 2026

Industrial Policy

Manchester cannot look away from 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 · Aug 30, 2026

Drug Prices

K Street stays late on mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 30, 2026

The Strait

An ugly bargain over 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 · Aug 30, 2026

The Border

Bill 3952 and the problem of a humanitarian parole fight

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Aug 30, 2026

The Nine

In Tucson, sanctions litigation upholds the map

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 30, 2026

The Alliance

What 41 per cent in Tucson says about the Iran coalition

American statecraft on August 30, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 30, 2026

The War

Bill 3949 and the problem of a munitions shortage

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Aug 30, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on the embassy channel

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 30, 2026

Markets

What 45 per cent in Buffalo says about credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 30, 2026

The Map

In Anchorage, a Senate toss-up explodes the map

From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Aug 29, 2026

The Floor

Judiciary turns to the December funding patch as Tucson watches

Lawmakers spent August 29, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 29, 2026

West Wing

The gasoline file: the view from Langley

On August 29, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

Banking turns to data-centre water fights as Anchorage watches

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 29, 2026

Drug Prices

A quiet bargain over 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 29, 2026