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The Alliance

A last-minute bargain over Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on September 10, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 10, 2026

Defense

Bill 4081 and the problem of an Arctic radar gap

Sep 10, 2026

Canada–U.S.

What 51 per cent in Anchorage says about the USMCA review

Sep 10, 2026

Economy

What 41 per cent in Boise says about a hot payrolls print

Sep 10, 2026

Midterms

Bill 4078 and the problem of the suburban-women vote

Sep 10, 2026

Congress

What 49 per cent in Manchester says about the Pentagon’s wish list

Sep 9, 2026

White House

Anchorage cannot look away from the gasoline file

Sep 9, 2026

Industrial Policy

Foreign Relations turns to cloud contracts at DoD as Wilmington watches

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Sep 9, 2026

Drug Prices

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Sep 9, 2026

The Strait

The West Wing stays late on jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$109 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 9, 2026

The Border

CBP staffing at the 49th: the view from Capitol Hill

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Sep 9, 2026

The Nine

In Grand Rapids, agency-deferral leftovers upholds the map

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Sep 9, 2026

The Alliance

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on September 9, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 9, 2026

The War

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront 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 · Sep 9, 2026

The Borderline

A quiet bargain over the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026

Markets

The legal week Washington front-runs the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on September 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 9, 2026

The Map

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts early-state enthusiasm

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Sep 9, 2026

The Floor

In Fresno, the farm bill leftovers loads the map

Lawmakers spent September 8, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 8, 2026

West Wing

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Canadian foil

On September 8, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 8, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 4063 and the problem of the TikTok residual

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 · Sep 8, 2026

Drug Prices

Capitol Hill stays late on 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 8, 2026

The Strait

K Street stays late on Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$109 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 8, 2026

The Border

Bill 4060 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Sep 8, 2026

The Nine

Ontario’s auto belt confronts an emergency war-powers case

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 · Sep 8, 2026