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The Alliance

The continental week Washington loses European energy nerves

American statecraft on September 3, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 3, 2026

Defense

What 48 per cent in Fresno says about carrier-group math

Sep 3, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Canada’s stake in steel and aluminum duties just got larger

Sep 3, 2026

Economy

Washington stays late on the gasoline shock

Sep 3, 2026

Midterms

Ontario’s auto belt confronts a Senate toss-up

Sep 2, 2026

Congress

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the Pentagon’s wish list

Sep 2, 2026

White House

In Boise, the Canadian foil presses the map

Sep 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

An ugly bargain over 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 · Sep 2, 2026

Drug Prices

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Elena Voss · Sep 2, 2026

The Strait

The last-minute week Washington floods Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 2, 2026

The Border

A dangerous bargain over asylum clock rules

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

Nadia Rahman · Sep 2, 2026

The Nine

In Buffalo, a birthright petition narrows the map

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 2, 2026

The Alliance

Armed Services turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Chattanooga watches

American statecraft on September 2, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Sep 2, 2026

The War

A predictable bargain over 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 2, 2026

The Borderline

What 41 per cent in Fresno says about 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 2, 2026

Markets

What 38 per cent in Toledo says about small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on September 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 2, 2026

The Map

Raleigh cannot look away from the suburban-women vote

From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Sep 1, 2026

The Floor

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent September 1, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 1, 2026

West Wing

What 46 per cent in Allentown says about the midterm message

On September 1, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Sep 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

The West Wing stays late on the TikTok residual

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 1, 2026

Drug Prices

What 45 per cent in Spokane 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 · Sep 1, 2026

The Strait

K Street stays late on the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$108 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 1, 2026

The Border

A last-minute bargain over 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.

Nadia Rahman · Sep 1, 2026

The Nine

Green Bay cannot look away from 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 · Sep 1, 2026