The Strait
Bill 2465 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude
A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 26, 2026
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Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Safe Third Country strain
Apr 26, 2026
What 43 per cent in Spokane says about agency-deferral leftovers
Apr 26, 2026
Green Bay cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
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Bill 2461 and the problem of carrier-group math
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Bill 2460 and the problem of a dairy flare-up
Apr 26, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on the gasoline shock
Apr 26, 2026
The Map
Bill 2458 and the problem of a Senate toss-up
From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 26, 2026
The Floor
Banking turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Chattanooga watches
Lawmakers spent April 26, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 26, 2026
West Wing
Bill 2456 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat
On April 26, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 26, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 42 per cent in Omaha says about cloud contracts at DoD
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 25, 2026
Drug Prices
What 50 per cent in Toledo says about GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 25, 2026
The Strait
The unfinished week Washington unlocks the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 25, 2026
The Border
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 · Apr 25, 2026
The Nine
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 · Apr 25, 2026
The Alliance
What 49 per cent in Sioux Falls says about European energy nerves
American statecraft on April 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 25, 2026
The War
Foreign Relations turns to a munitions shortage as Des Moines watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 25, 2026
The Borderline
What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine 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 · Apr 25, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Fresno says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 25, 2026
