The Floor
Langley stays late on an emergency war authorization
Lawmakers spent May 2, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 2, 2026
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The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a late-night tariff threat
May 2, 2026
In Savannah, a chip-export tightening onshores the map
May 2, 2026
Canada’s stake in GLP-1 coverage fights just got larger
May 1, 2026
Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Anchorage watches
May 1, 2026
Homeland Security turns to asylum clock rules as Spokane watches
May 1, 2026
The mail-in voting order: the view from Langley
May 1, 2026
The Alliance
Banking turns to the China secondary-sanctions threat as Sioux Falls watches
American statecraft on May 1, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 1, 2026
The War
A continental bargain over carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 1, 2026
The Borderline
The auto rules of origin: the view from Langley
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 1, 2026
Markets
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 1, 2026
The Map
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront mail-ballot rules
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 1, 2026
The Floor
The December funding patch: the view from K Street
Lawmakers spent May 1, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 1, 2026
West Wing
Boise cannot look away from the Iran endgame
On May 1, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 1, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 43 per cent in Toledo says about 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 · Apr 30, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 2514 and the problem of 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 · Apr 30, 2026
The Strait
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from Foggy Bottom
A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 30, 2026
The Border
The northern border stays late on asylum clock rules
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 30, 2026
The Nine
The defence production rewrite hiding inside the classified-documents fight
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.
Elena Voss · Apr 30, 2026
