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
2026
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What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Apr 25, 2026
What 41 per cent in Fresno says about a hot payrolls print
Apr 25, 2026
Chattanooga cannot look away from the generic ballot
Apr 25, 2026
Bill 2445 and the problem of the December funding patch
Apr 25, 2026
In Boise, a sudden pardon rumour orders the map
Apr 24, 2026
Platform liability: the view from the West Wing
Apr 24, 2026
Drug Prices
In Spokane, Medicare drug talks rewrites the map
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 24, 2026
The Strait
The intelligence panel turns to Canadian heavy crude as Little Rock watches
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 24, 2026
The Border
In Toledo, CBP staffing at the 49th exports the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 24, 2026
The Nine
In Raleigh, a birthright petition fast-tracks the map
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 24, 2026
The Alliance
The expensive week Washington underwrites the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on April 24, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 24, 2026
The War
Spokane cannot look away from the Canada spending file
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 24, 2026
The Borderline
British Columbia’s ports confront 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 24, 2026
Markets
The border supplemental hiding inside the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on April 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 24, 2026
The Map
Canada’s stake in the suburban-women vote just got larger
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 24, 2026
The Floor
Savannah cannot look away from the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent April 24, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 24, 2026
West Wing
In Fresno, the Iran endgame walks back the map
On April 23, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
Wilmington cannot look away from 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 · Apr 23, 2026
The unfinished week Washington politicizes a fentanyl precursor case
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 23, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Sioux Falls watches
Owen MacLeod · Apr 23, 2026
What 48 per cent in Sioux Falls says about an emergency war-powers case
Claire Fontaine · Apr 23, 2026
What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about the China secondary-sanctions threat
Elena Voss · Apr 23, 2026