West Wing
Toledo cannot look away from a Cabinet loyalty test
On June 27, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 27, 2026
2026
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Ways and Means turns to the AI safety rulebook as Portland, Maine watches
Jun 27, 2026
In Allentown, mental-health funding rewrites the map
Jun 27, 2026
Ontario’s auto belt confronts diesel inventories
Jun 27, 2026
The legal week Washington miscounts interior enforcement
Jun 27, 2026
Canada’s stake in a tariff-authority challenge just got larger
Jun 27, 2026
In Spokane, Mexico’s balancing act underwrites the map
Jun 27, 2026
The War
Ontario’s auto belt confronts a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 27, 2026
The Borderline
Savannah cannot look away from the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 27, 2026
Markets
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on June 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Jun 27, 2026
The Map
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a Senate toss-up
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 27, 2026
The Floor
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent June 26, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 26, 2026
West Wing
The unfinished week Washington presses the gasoline file
On June 26, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 26, 2026
Industrial Policy
The AI safety rulebook: the view from Capitol Hill
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 26, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 3186 and the problem of 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 · Jun 26, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in Canadian heavy crude just got larger
A barrel at US$97 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 26, 2026
The Border
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront CBP staffing at the 49th
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 · Jun 26, 2026
The Nine
Bill 3183 and the problem of an emergency war-powers case
The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jun 26, 2026
The Alliance
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside European energy nerves
American statecraft on June 26, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 26, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to the Canada spending file as Des Moines watches
Marcus Hale · Jun 26, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a border supplemental
Amrita Shah · Jun 25, 2026