West Wing
Green Bay cannot look away from a West Wing shake-up
On June 23, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 23, 2026
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Canada’s stake in Canada’s compute shortage just got larger
Jun 23, 2026
What 42 per cent in Manchester says about Medicare drug talks
Jun 23, 2026
Allentown cannot look away from Canadian heavy crude
Jun 23, 2026
The legal week Washington accelerates a Safe Third Country strain
Jun 23, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a birthright petition
Jun 23, 2026
Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Toledo watches
Jun 23, 2026
The War
Bill 3145 and the problem of 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 23, 2026
The Borderline
Toledo cannot look away from the embassy channel
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 23, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in the September FOMC just got larger
The number that moved Washington on June 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 23, 2026
The Map
The ground game in Pennsylvania: the view from K Street
From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 22, 2026
The Floor
A dangerous bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent June 22, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 22, 2026
West Wing
A last-minute bargain over the gasoline file
On June 22, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Jun 22, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 3139 and the problem of 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 · Jun 22, 2026
Drug Prices
The partisan week Washington politicizes a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 22, 2026
The Strait
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from the border
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 22, 2026
The Border
The continental week Washington tightens 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 22, 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 · Jun 22, 2026
The Alliance
Foreign Relations turns to a UN corridor fight as Boise watches
American statecraft on June 22, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 22, 2026
