The Floor
Banking turns to a Canada-sensitive auto rider as Chattanooga watches
Lawmakers spent April 26, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 26, 2026
2026
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Bill 2456 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat
Apr 26, 2026
What 42 per cent in Omaha says about cloud contracts at DoD
Apr 25, 2026
What 50 per cent in Toledo says about GLP-1 coverage fights
Apr 25, 2026
The unfinished week Washington unlocks the Hormuz risk premium
Apr 25, 2026
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside asylum clock rules
Apr 25, 2026
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge
Apr 25, 2026
The Alliance
What 49 per cent in Sioux Falls says about European energy nerves
American statecraft on April 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 25, 2026
The War
Foreign Relations turns to a munitions shortage as Des Moines watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 25, 2026
The Borderline
What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine says about 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 · Apr 25, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Fresno says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 25, 2026
The Map
Chattanooga cannot look away from the generic ballot
From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 25, 2026
The Floor
Bill 2445 and the problem of the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent April 25, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 25, 2026
West Wing
In Boise, a sudden pardon rumour orders the map
On April 24, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 24, 2026
Industrial Policy
Platform liability: the view from the West Wing
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Apr 24, 2026
Drug Prices
In Spokane, Medicare drug talks rewrites the map
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 24, 2026
The Strait
The intelligence panel turns to Canadian heavy crude as Little Rock watches
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 24, 2026
The Border
In Toledo, CBP staffing at the 49th exports the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 24, 2026
The Nine
In Raleigh, a birthright petition fast-tracks the map
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 · Apr 24, 2026
