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The Age of AI

Canada’s compute shortage did not get lighter because New York was busy

Chip annexes and data-centre water fights still decide who owns the next industrial map.

David Chen · Sep 25, 2026

Health

Fentanyl precursors are still the health file the war keeps bumping

Sep 25, 2026

Immigration

Interior enforcement is still the southern story. September traffic is not

Sep 25, 2026

Defense

NORAD will still be the Canadian file after the midterms, whoever wins the House

Sep 25, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The September 29 import bans are the next Canadian date that is not on television

Sep 25, 2026

World

Secondary sanctions are now a civilian timetable

Sep 25, 2026

Economy

Warsh has to live with Williams’s London sentence through November

Sep 25, 2026

West Wing

Kelly’s 14 days are now a compliance story, not a legal theory

The TRO said immediately. The driveway still had a list.

James Whitfield · Sep 25, 2026

Oil & Power

Diesel futures bounced after Washington spent a day killing its own rumour

U.S. prices rose Thursday after a 3.4-per-cent drop on the walk-back. The farm is still paying US$6.50.

Owen MacLeod · Sep 25, 2026

On the Hill

After the Senate’s Iran afternoon, the war is still the president’s

A record was made. A withdrawal was not. That is the difference between a resolution and a ceasefire.

Amrita Shah · Sep 25, 2026

Campaign 2026

Six weeks out, the House is a price election and the Senate is still a knife fight

Forecasters have been walking House ratings toward Democrats. The Senate map is nastier and slower.

Peter Lang · Sep 25, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns are still living inside someone else’s statute

Section 232 never left. Section 338 just piled on. The UN week did not mention either.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 24, 2026

On the Hill

Thursday’s Senate Iran vote is the last record before the map

House Democrats already have their stamp. The Senate gets one afternoon to decide if it wants one too.

Amrita Shah · Sep 24, 2026

West Wing

The president promises an appeal and keeps the word “fake”

Kelly’s TRO is a 14-day problem. The pool boycott is a daily one.

James Whitfield · Sep 24, 2026

The Docket

Judge Kelly orders the White House to let CNN, Politico and MS NOW back in

A 14-day TRO. A Trump-appointed judge. Reporters still said they were blocked hours later.

Claire Fontaine · Sep 24, 2026

The Pentagon

Riyadh says it shot down Houthi missiles on the same morning

The war’s second waterway is still live. The UN week did not adjourn it.

Marcus Hale · Sep 24, 2026

Statecraft

“Economic D-Day” cancels the flights to Dubai

The secondary-sanctions deadline on Iran’s airlines arrived. The region felt it before the podium did.

Lila Okada · Sep 24, 2026

Campaign 2026

Emerson’s generic ballot is now 53–42 for Democrats

Trump’s approval is 39 per cent. Iran, jobs and tariffs are the top three issues. November is six weeks away.

Peter Lang · Sep 24, 2026

The Fed

Williams says another hike this year is a reasonable thought

The New York Fed president said it in London. Warsh’s 3.75-to-4.00 per cent band is no longer a ceiling in the market’s head.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 24, 2026

The Fed

European diesel rose on a rumour Washington spent the day killing

Allies priced an American export curb before the spokesperson finished the sentence.

Elena Voss · Sep 23, 2026

The Borderline

Alberta’s oil patch heard the ban and the walk-back in the same news cycle

A U.S. diesel curb would have rerouted more than a talking point. The denial did not restore trust.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 23, 2026

Statecraft

The pool cameras stay dark while Xi is welcomed at Andrews

A press ban became an allied embarrassment in a single tarmac shot that was not taken.

Lila Okada · Sep 23, 2026

The Docket

DOJ tells the judge that White House access is a privilege

The letters cite bunker copy, a leak story and a ballroom security memo. The hearing is today.

Claire Fontaine · Sep 23, 2026

On the Hill

Republican support for the war is falling where it used to be a reflex

A CNN/SSRS series shows a 13-point drop among Republicans since March. Candidates are reading it aloud.

Amrita Shah · Sep 23, 2026