The War
In Buffalo, an Arctic radar gap rehearses the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 19, 2026
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An unfinished bargain over a dairy flare-up
Apr 19, 2026
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside small-business hiring
Apr 19, 2026
Bill 2374 and the problem of the generic ballot
Apr 19, 2026
Boise cannot look away from an emergency war authorization
Apr 19, 2026
The ugly week Washington reshuffles the midterm message
Apr 18, 2026
A continental bargain over a chip-export tightening
Apr 18, 2026
Drug Prices
Medicare drug talks: the view from the West Wing
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 18, 2026
The Strait
The continental week Washington floods jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 18, 2026
The Border
Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 18, 2026
The Nine
A continental bargain over a Missouri map fight
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 18, 2026
The Alliance
The dangerous week Washington punishes the Iran coalition
American statecraft on April 18, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 18, 2026
The War
The transactional week Washington retools NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 18, 2026
The Borderline
Armed Services turns to the softwood file as Portland, Maine watches
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 18, 2026
Markets
Credit-card delinquencies: the view from K Street
The number that moved Washington on April 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 18, 2026
The Map
A transactional bargain over the suburban-women vote
From Manchester 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 18, 2026
The Floor
Foreign Relations turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Allentown watches
Lawmakers spent April 17, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 17, 2026
West Wing
Bill 2360 and the problem of a Cabinet loyalty test
On April 17, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 17, 2026
Industrial Policy
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a chip-export tightening
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 17, 2026
