The Floor
In Wilmington, a USMCA enforcement hammer stalls the map
Lawmakers spent April 28, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 28, 2026
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What 41 per cent in Buffalo says about a sudden pardon rumour
Apr 28, 2026
In Wilmington, platform liability onshores the map
Apr 27, 2026
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a vaccine-schedule fight
Apr 27, 2026
What 51 per cent in Toledo says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Apr 27, 2026
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront CBP staffing at the 49th
Apr 27, 2026
The partisan week Washington upholds an emergency war-powers case
Apr 27, 2026
The Alliance
What 45 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on April 27, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 27, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 27, 2026
The Borderline
What 45 per cent in Chattanooga says about cross-border data rules
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 27, 2026
Markets
Boise cannot look away from the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on April 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 27, 2026
The Map
In Fresno, the ground game in Pennsylvania explodes the map
From Fresno 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 · Apr 27, 2026
The Floor
Bill 2469 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent April 27, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 27, 2026
West Wing
In Tucson, a late-night tariff threat signals the map
On April 27, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 27, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 2467 and the problem of Canada’s compute shortage
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 26, 2026
Drug Prices
Allentown cannot look away from GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 26, 2026
The Strait
Bill 2465 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude
A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 26, 2026
The Border
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Safe Third Country strain
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 26, 2026
The Nine
What 43 per cent in Spokane says about agency-deferral leftovers
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 26, 2026
