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The Alliance

What 43 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on September 7, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 7, 2026

Defense

Allied basing rights: the view from the border

Sep 7, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The continental week Washington isolates a dairy flare-up

Sep 7, 2026

Economy

The predictable week Washington unsettles credit-card delinquencies

Sep 7, 2026

Midterms

A continental bargain over a Senate toss-up

Sep 7, 2026

Congress

Armed Services turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Little Rock watches

Sep 6, 2026

White House

Bill 4040 and the problem of a photo-op with refiners

Sep 6, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage audits the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Sep 6, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 4038 and the problem of 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 6, 2026

The Strait

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a winter-gas warning

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

Owen MacLeod · Sep 6, 2026

The Border

The overnight week Washington exports 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 · Sep 6, 2026

The Nine

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Sep 6, 2026

The Alliance

The intelligence panel turns to a UN corridor fight as Portland, Maine watches

American statecraft on September 6, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 6, 2026

The War

Omaha cannot look away from carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Sep 6, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 4032 and the problem of dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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 · Sep 6, 2026

Markets

In Portland, Maine, shelter inflation cools the map

The number that moved Washington on September 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 6, 2026

The Map

Energy and Commerce turns to early-state enthusiasm as Fresno watches

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

Peter Lang · Sep 6, 2026

The Floor

Washington stays late on the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent September 5, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 5, 2026

West Wing

Bill 4028 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour

On September 5, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 5, 2026

Industrial Policy

The TikTok residual: the view from Capitol Hill

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 5, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger

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 5, 2026

The Strait

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: the view from the West Wing

A barrel at US$109 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 5, 2026

The Border

Langley stays late on work-permit backlogs

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

Elena Voss · Sep 5, 2026

The Nine

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront 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 · Sep 5, 2026