West Wing
Ways and Means turns to the gasoline file as Boise watches
On June 25, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 25, 2026
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Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Tucson watches
Jun 25, 2026
Bill 3174 and the problem of an FDA nomination
Jun 25, 2026
Bill 3173 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude
Jun 25, 2026
K Street stays late on CBP staffing at the 49th
Jun 25, 2026
Homeland Security turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Fresno watches
Jun 25, 2026
K Street stays late on European energy nerves
Jun 25, 2026
The War
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts 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 · Jun 25, 2026
The Borderline
The transactional week Washington tests steel and aluminum duties
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 25, 2026
Markets
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on June 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 25, 2026
The Map
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a Senate toss-up
From Omaha 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 25, 2026
The Floor
British Columbia’s ports confront the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent June 24, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 24, 2026
West Wing
The intelligence panel turns to a Cabinet loyalty test as Sioux Falls watches
On June 24, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 24, 2026
Industrial Policy
The legal week Washington weaponizes 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 · Jun 24, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 3162 and the problem of hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 24, 2026
The Strait
The legal week Washington reroutes a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$96 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 24, 2026
The Border
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside student-visa friction
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jun 24, 2026
The Nine
Banking turns to a birthright petition as Wilmington watches
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 · Jun 24, 2026
The Alliance
Langley stays late on the Iran coalition
American statecraft on June 24, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 24, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the auto rules of origin
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 24, 2026
What 45 per cent in Savannah says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Amrita Shah · Jun 23, 2026