The Floor
Judiciary turns to an emergency war authorization as Savannah watches
Lawmakers spent June 17, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 17, 2026
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The partisan week Washington sidelines the Canadian foil
Jun 17, 2026
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts data-centre water fights
Jun 17, 2026
An FDA nomination: the view from Langley
Jun 17, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Spokane watches
Jun 17, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on a Safe Third Country strain
Jun 17, 2026
The predictable week Washington blocks agency-deferral leftovers
Jun 17, 2026
The Alliance
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a UN corridor fight
American statecraft on June 17, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 17, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in the Canada spending file just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 17, 2026
The Borderline
What 42 per cent in Savannah says about cross-border data rules
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Jun 17, 2026
Markets
Bill 3071 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on June 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 17, 2026
The Map
What 41 per cent in Green Bay says about early-state enthusiasm
From Green Bay to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 16, 2026
The Floor
Bill 3069 and the problem of a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent June 16, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 16, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in the mail-in ballot order just got larger
On June 16, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 16, 2026
Industrial Policy
In Buffalo, the TikTok residual corners the map
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 16, 2026
Drug Prices
What 41 per cent in Buffalo says about 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 16, 2026
The Strait
Chattanooga cannot look away from a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$95 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 16, 2026
The Border
K Street stays late on work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jun 16, 2026
The Nine
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront sanctions litigation
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jun 16, 2026
