Drug Prices
The partisan week Washington politicizes a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 22, 2026
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A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from the border
Jun 22, 2026
The continental week Washington tightens student-visa friction
Jun 22, 2026
A continental bargain over a Missouri map fight
Jun 22, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to a UN corridor fight as Boise watches
Jun 22, 2026
Bill 3133 and the problem of the tanker war
Jun 22, 2026
An ugly bargain over dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Jun 22, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
The number that moved Washington on June 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 22, 2026
The Map
Bill 3130 and the problem of the generic ballot
From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 21, 2026
The Floor
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent June 21, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 21, 2026
West Wing
Energy and Commerce turns to a Cabinet loyalty test as Savannah watches
On June 21, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
British Columbia’s ports confront an election-deepfake statute
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 21, 2026
Drug Prices
A vaccine-schedule fight: the view from the West Wing
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 21, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger
A barrel at US$96 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 21, 2026
The Border
Banking turns to a Safe Third Country strain as Spokane watches
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 · Jun 21, 2026
The Nine
What 49 per cent in Little Rock says about sanctions litigation
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Elena Voss · Jun 21, 2026
The Alliance
The quiet week Washington recalculates the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on June 21, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 21, 2026
The War
In Portland, Maine, the Hormuz mission shortens the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 21, 2026
The Borderline
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside 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 · Jun 21, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to shelter inflation as Toledo watches
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 21, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war authorization
Amrita Shah · Jun 20, 2026
