2026
Every Washington Bureau dispatch from January 1 through September 11, kept on this site in full. Pick a month, or start with the latest.
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The Map
From Omaha 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 · May 20, 2026
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The Nine
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 · May 19, 2026
The Alliance
American statecraft on May 19, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 19, 2026
The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 19, 2026
The Borderline
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 · May 19, 2026
Markets
The number that moved Washington on May 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 19, 2026
The Map
From Sioux Falls 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 · May 19, 2026
The Floor
Lawmakers spent May 19, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 19, 2026
West Wing
On May 19, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · May 19, 2026
Industrial Policy
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 19, 2026
Drug Prices
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 19, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$90 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 19, 2026
The Border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 19, 2026
Claire Fontaine · May 18, 2026
