The War
Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 27, 2026
2026
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What 45 per cent in Chattanooga says about cross-border data rules
Apr 27, 2026
Boise cannot look away from the gasoline shock
Apr 27, 2026
In Fresno, the ground game in Pennsylvania explodes the map
Apr 27, 2026
Bill 2469 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list
Apr 27, 2026
In Tucson, a late-night tariff threat signals the map
Apr 27, 2026
Bill 2467 and the problem of Canada’s compute shortage
Apr 26, 2026
Drug Prices
Allentown cannot look away from 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 26, 2026
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
The Border
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Safe Third Country strain
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 · Apr 26, 2026
The Nine
What 43 per cent in Spokane says about agency-deferral leftovers
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 26, 2026
The Alliance
Green Bay cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on April 26, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 26, 2026
The War
Bill 2461 and the problem of carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 26, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 2460 and the problem of 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.
Elena Voss · Apr 26, 2026
Markets
Foggy Bottom stays late on the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on April 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · 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
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge
Claire Fontaine · Apr 25, 2026
What 49 per cent in Sioux Falls says about European energy nerves
Lila Okada · Apr 25, 2026