The Strait
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 6, 2026
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An overnight bargain over the northern border narrative
Apr 6, 2026
Bill 2223 and the problem of a Missouri map fight
Apr 6, 2026
In Allentown, the Five Eyes tempo punishes the map
Apr 6, 2026
The border supplemental hiding inside an Arctic radar gap
Apr 6, 2026
In Green Bay, the softwood file tests the map
Apr 6, 2026
K Street stays late on the gasoline shock
Apr 6, 2026
The Map
An overnight bargain over a special-election warning
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 5, 2026
The Floor
A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border
Lawmakers spent April 5, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 5, 2026
West Wing
The continental week Washington walks back the Iran endgame
On April 5, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 5, 2026
Industrial Policy
The expensive week Washington onshores platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 5, 2026
Drug Prices
What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 · Apr 5, 2026
The Strait
In Chattanooga, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rations the map
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 5, 2026
The Border
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the northern border narrative
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 5, 2026
The Nine
A transactional 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.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 5, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger
American statecraft on April 5, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 5, 2026
The War
Carrier-group math: the view from the West Wing
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 5, 2026
The Borderline
Washington stays late on a dairy flare-up
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 5, 2026
Markets
Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Green Bay watches
The number that moved Washington on April 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 4, 2026
