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The Borderline

An ugly bargain over the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jul 29, 2026

Economy

A partisan bargain over a factory-orders stall

Jul 29, 2026

Economy

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Jul 29, 2026

Midterms

What 50 per cent in Raleigh says about early-state enthusiasm

Jul 29, 2026

Congress

In Allentown, the December funding patch revives the map

Jul 29, 2026

White House

A last-minute bargain over a Cabinet loyalty test

Jul 29, 2026

Technology

Canada’s stake in the AI safety rulebook just got larger

Jul 29, 2026

Drug Prices

What 41 per cent in Anchorage says about cross-border drug runs

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 29, 2026

The Strait

The continental week Washington overpromises diesel inventories

A barrel at US$102 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 29, 2026

The Border

Work-permit backlogs: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 28, 2026

The Nine

Sioux Falls cannot look away from 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.

Claire Fontaine · Jul 28, 2026

The Alliance

Ontario’s auto belt confronts European energy nerves

American statecraft on July 28, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 28, 2026

The War

Allied basing rights: the view from K Street

Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Elena Voss · Jul 28, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the auto rules of origin just got larger

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 · Jul 28, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on July 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 28, 2026

The Map

In Anchorage, the generic ballot freezes the map

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

Peter Lang · Jul 28, 2026

The Floor

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent July 28, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 28, 2026

West Wing

What 42 per cent in Fresno says about a photo-op with refiners

On July 28, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 3559 and the problem of the AI safety rulebook

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jul 28, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3558 and the problem of 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 · Jul 28, 2026

The Strait

A last-minute bargain over a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$102 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 28, 2026

The Border

Bill 3556 and the problem of interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · Jul 27, 2026

The Nine

The an AI liability bill hiding inside sanctions litigation

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 · Jul 27, 2026

The Alliance

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on July 27, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 27, 2026