The Map
The continental week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules
From Green Bay to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · May 16, 2026
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Bill 2697 and the problem of an emergency war authorization
May 16, 2026
Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger
May 16, 2026
Washington stays late on platform liability
May 16, 2026
K Street stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights
May 16, 2026
The overnight week Washington empties the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
May 16, 2026
In Des Moines, CBP staffing at the 49th reroutes the map
May 15, 2026
The Nine
The mail-in voting order: the view from Capitol Hill
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 15, 2026
The Alliance
Langley stays late on a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on May 15, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 15, 2026
The War
Chattanooga cannot look away from the Hormuz mission
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 15, 2026
The Borderline
Tucson cannot look away from dollar-for-dollar tariffs
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 15, 2026
Markets
Alberta’s oil patch confronts shelter inflation
The number that moved Washington on May 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 15, 2026
The Map
The quiet week Washington flattens the generic ballot
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 15, 2026
The Floor
What 42 per cent in Savannah says about the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent May 15, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 15, 2026
West Wing
A West Wing shake-up: the view from Langley
On May 15, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 15, 2026
Industrial Policy
Allentown cannot look away from the TikTok residual
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 · May 15, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 15, 2026
The Strait
Foggy Bottom stays late on a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · May 14, 2026
The Border
What 49 per cent in Raleigh says about 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 · May 14, 2026
