Politico
August 2026
Trade talks collapsed. Now Canada and the US are fighting over why.
Both sides are now jostling for credibility as reliable narrators, while the fallout risks further escalating the trade war
We saw him a couple of times during these most intensive negotiations, with an effort to try to make sure he understood where we were coming from and what Canada’s interests and positions were,
Paxton allies launch $15 million ad campaign
Trump promises more strikes after US and Iran trade blows for first time in a month
The U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time in about a month late Sunday into Monday
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block campaign advertising ruling
Democratic candidates, especially in the Senate, have a strong fundraising edge in direct donations — making their dollars go farther on the airwaves
Candidates and political parties need immediate relief from the uncertainty created by the Fourth Circuit’s decision,
Getting through to officials on tariffs
President Donald Trump has promised some tariff relief for U.S. ag producers
For small towns, a new and unexpected expense of this size could jeopardize some basic services,
For Mainers, commerce with Canada is a regular occurrence,
There isn’t really a process at this point,
They’re not just luxury items,
Extending coverage of the Section 232 steel tariffs to even more steel intensive derivative products, as proposed in this rule, will close the gap foreign producers are using to blatantly circumvent the tariffs,
The Section 232 steel tariffs are clearly working,
Bernie bites back
There’s much more indispensable coverage to come of the personalities and policies that will shape both parties’ paths to recapture or maintain power in November and through 2028
You’re talking about a small number of people who are at the head of the Democratic Party. You’re talking about the donor class,
Like every other podcaster in the world, he says dumb things that people should reject,
If the Democratic leadership could find a way to win the Senate and have Abdul lose, I’m sure they would take that bargain.”
Stay on the issues that impact working families in Michigan,
The idea that Democrats are trying to get a Dem Senate nominee to lose is preposterous,
I think there are a few who would say, ‘You know what? It’s not worth it,
A disciplined political party that didn’t want to undermine somebody like Abdul would not validate and elevate those, what I would call bad faith attacks, would not want to add gas to that little fire,
Apparently it works when you and others talk about Mr. Piker,
Everyone in Democratic politics understands the task before us between now and November: beat Republicans and put a check on Trump. There are real factional differences inside the party, but post-primaries we are setting those aside in service of that goal,
The endless war in Iran is costing us all,
Inside the blame game
DANIELLE SMITH adds Nashville meetings to a personal U.S. trip
Every note and every document” sent to U.S. negotiators had this demand on what the Canadian side wanted to see on autos
I can tell you that back in the latter part of July, in proposals that I was sending to the United States, it was very clear that when we talked about the automotive industry, that trucks were in there,
But to us, it represented a constraint,
Publication of the notices does not constitute a decision to list either project,
The words ‘medium- and heavy-duty trucks’ were raised in these negotiations on Friday at 4 o’clock,
Encourage the procurement of locally grown food across the public sector to strengthen and enhance Ontario’s food supply chain and provincial economy.”
People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario.’”
MAHA has arrived in Iowa — and Big Ag is reeling
We did talk about it, and we won,
‘We better not blow it’: Both parties are fighting to win over working class voters
It is not just traditional Democrats or independents,
Johnson faces pressure to cut out early
Speaker Mike Johnson is looking to quickly pass the lone to-do item on his chamber's list: a government funding bill
This is another reason why I think it’s time for a new generation of leaders, people who are going to have to live with the effects of climate change for the next half century,
US strikes Iran’s Larak Island
U.S. forces are monitoring the area closely, and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway,
Albo's problems on two oceans, and disaster in Secret Harbour
When we start talking about conceding, or coming in second or finding ways to work with other people before we’ve even run the race, then people are not going to back us.”
A primary vote approximately in the mid 30s, whilst Labor dropping into the 20s and the Liberal Party finishing third,
There’s no such thing as a safe seat in Australian politics anymore.”
Across the world hard right populists are on the march, peddling politics that is dangerous, divisive and downright dishonest. We simply must defeat them. We owe it to history.”
Nearly 90 Americans remain missing in Nepal-China flooding, State Department says
We have a disaster area response adviser actually on the ground right now in communication to see how best we can offer assistance,
The remoteness of this location makes getting reliable information difficult, but our dedication remains,
Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’
In his statement Sunday, the president also accused the “Radical Left News is going out of their way to harass, demean, and libel anything “TRUM P.”’
Kristen is one of the best in the business and we stand by her.”
The Press is a Disgrace to our Nation, and I hope that Chairman Brendan Carr, and the fine people of his Commission, will take this Threat to our Country very seriously,
He, of course, has endorsed a slate of candidates in the primaries,
Trump won the heart of Michigan’s Arab American community. They're moving away from Mike Rogers.
A dip in support from Arab American former Trump voters could hurt Rogers ’ path to election in what’s shaping up to be a tough year nationally for the GOP
[Trump] promised to make America great again,
The mail ballot mess
It’s another blatant and obvious attempt by the Trump administration to pick their own voters,
In this moment, they’re just believing and hoping that the courts will step in and prevent this from happening because there’s no way that they can do what is being asked of them,
Time is a hot commodity that election officials don’t have,
It would be really hard to implement without sowing chaos and confusion over the ’26 elections,
Self care as comms policy,
I’m doing 99 other things,
Well, look, I welcome the support of individuals. And I’ve shown I’m willing to take on the [Benjamin] Netanyahu government, to support legislation and to support efforts to restore stability and an opportunity for peace and a two-state solution in the Middle East.”
Everyone’s feeling bullied by President Trump, and this is the worst thing you could do for the American economy. It did not grow this way over decades and decades of being protectionists.”
Tom Homan defends deportations to Haiti amid travel warnings
I don’t know the conditions in Haiti. I’ve never been in Haiti,
USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations
Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as it grapples with devastation
Everything is finished. Nothing is left. Not even our home,
USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore on way home from Middle East
Its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days
Iceland's vote on restarting talks on European Union membership is too close to call
Judge declares Rubio’s speech-based student deportations violate the Constitution
Here you can simultaneously hate the content of a person’s speech and love the country that cherishes the freedom to allow it,
More broadly, the Department of State is committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process,
Kevin Warsh has a timeline problem
I don’t think he indicated that the situation is so urgent to call for a rate hike at the next FOMC meeting,
The presence of the task force represents a particularly Trump-era indignity for the city: both comic and menacing; abusive and ineffective; appalling to some and, as time goes on, exhaustingly commonplace,
If that factors into his calculus at all, that will really damage him for the entirety of his term,
He has always been more than a lawyer; a man with a political function, acting as a link between different protagonists in the world of football,
It’s always difficult before an election to change interest rates,
He is the man who operates for Infantino worldwide.”
What Abdul thinks is walking something back is not always walking something back,
How Trump took control of Venezuela’s democratic transition
Now it is exerting equally tight control over how Venezuela pursues a new democratic government, along with who gets to take part in the process
Stars and Stripes journalists facing firing get one-week reprieve
They did get sign-off,