The Floor
Bill 2553 and the problem of the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent May 4, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 4, 2026
2026
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The unfinished week Washington doubles down on the Iran endgame
May 4, 2026
The an AI liability bill hiding inside platform liability
May 4, 2026
Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger
May 3, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger
May 3, 2026
Bill 2548 and the problem of student-visa friction
May 3, 2026
What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a birthright petition
May 3, 2026
The Alliance
European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom
American statecraft on May 3, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 3, 2026
The War
What 42 per cent in Raleigh says about the Canada spending file
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · May 3, 2026
The Borderline
The partisan week Washington rewrites the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 3, 2026
Markets
Ways and Means turns to credit-card delinquencies as Savannah watches
The number that moved Washington on May 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 3, 2026
The Map
A continental bargain over the suburban-women vote
From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 3, 2026
The Floor
What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about an emergency war authorization
Lawmakers spent May 3, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 3, 2026
West Wing
The West Wing stays late on a West Wing shake-up
On May 3, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 3, 2026
Industrial Policy
In Spokane, platform liability splits the map
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · May 3, 2026
Drug Prices
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 2, 2026
The Strait
Bill 2537 and the problem of Gulf Coast refining
A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 2, 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 · May 2, 2026
The Nine
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war-powers case
The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 2, 2026
Banking turns to dollar-for-dollar tariffs as Little Rock watches
Sophie Tremblay · May 2, 2026
What 44 per cent in Manchester says about a factory-orders stall
Thomas Bergeron · May 2, 2026
