The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley
Lawmakers spent May 28, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 28, 2026
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Bill 2840 and the problem of the gasoline file
May 28, 2026
Green Bay cannot look away from data-centre water fights
May 28, 2026
A transactional bargain over Medicare drug talks
May 28, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger
May 28, 2026
Bill 2836 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th
May 28, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge
May 28, 2026
The Alliance
Toledo cannot look away from the Iran coalition
American statecraft on May 27, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · May 27, 2026
The War
The dangerous week Washington accelerates 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 · May 27, 2026
The Borderline
An overnight bargain over the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 27, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 27, 2026
The Map
What 52 per cent in Tucson says about the generic ballot
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 27, 2026
The Floor
In Raleigh, the December funding patch stalls the map
Lawmakers spent May 27, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 27, 2026
West Wing
A continental bargain over a photo-op with refiners
On May 27, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 27, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 2827 and the problem of 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 · May 27, 2026
Drug Prices
In Fresno, hospital staffing reprices the map
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 27, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger
A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 27, 2026
The Border
The partisan week Washington accelerates a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 27, 2026
The Nine
Armed Services turns to the classified-documents fight as Chattanooga watches
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 27, 2026
Savannah cannot look away from steel and aluminum duties
Sophie Tremblay · May 26, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print
Thomas Bergeron · May 26, 2026
