The number that moved Washington on August 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 30, 2026

The Map

In Anchorage, a Senate toss-up explodes the map

From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Aug 29, 2026

The Floor

Judiciary turns to the December funding patch as Tucson watches

Lawmakers spent August 29, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 29, 2026

West Wing

The gasoline file: the view from Langley

On August 29, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

Banking turns to data-centre water fights as Anchorage 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 · Aug 29, 2026

Drug Prices

A quiet bargain over an FDA nomination

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 29, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3941 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 29, 2026

The Border

What 49 per cent in Allentown says about 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 · Aug 29, 2026

The Nine

A dangerous bargain over 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.

Elena Voss · Aug 29, 2026

The Alliance

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront European energy nerves

American statecraft on August 29, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 29, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger

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

Marcus Hale · Aug 29, 2026

The Borderline

Sioux Falls cannot look away from the auto rules of origin

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 · Aug 29, 2026

Markets

Capitol Hill stays late on credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 29, 2026

The Map

In Des Moines, the generic ballot explodes the map

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

Peter Lang · Aug 28, 2026

The Floor

What 38 per cent in Omaha says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent August 28, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 28, 2026

West Wing

Ontario’s auto belt confronts the mail-in ballot order

On August 28, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Aug 28, 2026