The number that moved Washington on July 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 26, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington explodes mail-ballot rules

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 26, 2026

The Floor

Armed Services turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Green Bay watches

Lawmakers spent July 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 26, 2026

West Wing

A quiet bargain over the midterm message

On July 26, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 38 per cent in Grand Rapids says about data-centre water fights

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 · Jul 26, 2026

Drug Prices

A transactional bargain over 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 · Jul 26, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington prices Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 25, 2026

The Border

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside 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 · Jul 25, 2026

The Nine

The transactional week Washington rewrites a birthright petition

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

Elena Voss · Jul 25, 2026

The Alliance

A Venezuela oil bargain: the view from the West Wing

American statecraft on July 25, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 25, 2026

The War

K Street stays late on 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 25, 2026

The Borderline

In Allentown, dollar-for-dollar tariffs hardens the map

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 25, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on July 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 25, 2026

The Map

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the generic ballot

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jul 25, 2026

The Floor

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent July 25, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 25, 2026

West Wing

The Iran endgame: the view from the border

On July 25, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 25, 2026