The Floor
Savannah cannot look away from the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent April 24, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 24, 2026
2026
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In Fresno, the Iran endgame walks back the map
Apr 23, 2026
Wilmington cannot look away from an election-deepfake statute
Apr 23, 2026
The unfinished week Washington politicizes a fentanyl precursor case
Apr 23, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Sioux Falls watches
Apr 23, 2026
Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger
Apr 23, 2026
What 48 per cent in Sioux Falls says about an emergency war-powers case
Apr 23, 2026
The Alliance
What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on April 23, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Apr 23, 2026
The War
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside 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.
Marcus Hale · Apr 23, 2026
The Borderline
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront steel and aluminum duties
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 23, 2026
Markets
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
The number that moved Washington on April 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 23, 2026
The Map
Foreign Relations turns to the House battleground as Des Moines watches
From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 23, 2026
The Floor
A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent April 23, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 23, 2026
West Wing
Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Omaha watches
On April 22, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 22, 2026
Industrial Policy
Banking turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Manchester watches
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 22, 2026
Drug Prices
British Columbia’s ports confront 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 22, 2026
The Strait
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 22, 2026
The Border
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront 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 · Apr 22, 2026
The Nine
An emergency war-powers case: the view from Foggy Bottom
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 · Apr 22, 2026
Homeland Security turns to the strong-dollar problem as Allentown watches
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 22, 2026
