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The Alliance

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on July 4, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 4, 2026

Defense

What 49 per cent in Anchorage says about the tanker war

Jul 4, 2026

Canada–U.S.

In Sioux Falls, steel and aluminum duties reopens the map

Jul 4, 2026

Economy

Small-business hiring: the view from the West Wing

Jul 4, 2026

Midterms

In Tucson, a Senate toss-up narrows the map

Jul 4, 2026

Congress

Chattanooga cannot look away from an emergency war authorization

Jul 4, 2026

White House

In Wilmington, the Iran endgame tests the map

Jul 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

The AI safety rulebook: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 3, 2026

Drug Prices

The intelligence panel turns to cross-border drug runs as Allentown watches

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 3, 2026

The Strait

Banking turns to jet-fuel hedges as Manchester watches

A barrel at US$98 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 3, 2026

The Border

Bill 3268 and the problem of 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 3, 2026

The Nine

An expensive bargain over 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 3, 2026

The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to the China secondary-sanctions threat as Grand Rapids watches

American statecraft on July 3, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jul 3, 2026

The War

Capitol Hill 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 3, 2026

The Borderline

In Manchester, dollar-for-dollar tariffs tests 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 3, 2026

Markets

The quiet week Washington misreads small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on July 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jul 3, 2026

The Map

What 40 per cent in Fresno says about the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · Jul 3, 2026

The Floor

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent July 3, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jul 3, 2026

West Wing

The ugly week Washington doubles down on the mail-in ballot order

On July 2, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jul 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

Green Bay cannot look away from Canada’s compute shortage

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

Elena Voss · Jul 2, 2026

Drug Prices

What 49 per cent in Raleigh 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 2, 2026

The Strait

What 48 per cent in Buffalo says about a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$98 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jul 2, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in work-permit backlogs just got larger

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 2, 2026

The Nine

The unfinished week Washington remands a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jul 2, 2026