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The Nine

Wilmington cannot look away from a Missouri map fight

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

Claire Fontaine · Jul 23, 2026

World

A partisan bargain over a Venezuela oil bargain

Jul 23, 2026

Defense

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a munitions shortage

Jul 23, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Bill 3504 and the problem of the USMCA review

Jul 23, 2026

Economy

An expensive bargain over the strong-dollar problem

Jul 23, 2026

Midterms

A predictable bargain over the ground game in Pennsylvania

Jul 23, 2026

Congress

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play

Jul 23, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a sudden pardon rumour just got larger

On July 23, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 23, 2026

Industrial Policy

Judiciary turns to data-centre water fights as Fresno 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 · Jul 23, 2026

Drug Prices

The intelligence panel turns to an FDA nomination as Omaha watches

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 23, 2026

The Strait

In Des Moines, the Hormuz risk premium prices the map

A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Elena Voss · Jul 22, 2026

The Border

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Jul 22, 2026

The Nine

What 47 per cent in Boise says about a Missouri map fight

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

Claire Fontaine · Jul 22, 2026

The Alliance

In Des Moines, a Venezuela oil bargain courts the map

American statecraft on July 22, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 22, 2026

The War

Foggy Bottom stays late on the Canada spending file

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jul 22, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from Capitol Hill

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 22, 2026

Markets

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on July 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 22, 2026

The Map

The West Wing stays late on the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · Jul 22, 2026

The Floor

An unfinished bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent July 22, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 22, 2026

West Wing

An overnight bargain over a photo-op with refiners

On July 22, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 22, 2026

Industrial Policy

Washington stays late on an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jul 22, 2026

Drug Prices

What 48 per cent in Little Rock says about GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 22, 2026

The Strait

An unfinished bargain over a Venezuela cargo bet

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

Owen MacLeod · Jul 21, 2026

The Border

The dangerous week Washington freezes a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jul 21, 2026