West Wing
The continental week Washington walks back the Iran endgame
On April 5, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 5, 2026
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The expensive week Washington onshores platform liability
Apr 5, 2026
What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about an FDA nomination
Apr 5, 2026
In Chattanooga, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rations the map
Apr 5, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the northern border narrative
Apr 5, 2026
A transactional bargain over the mail-in voting order
Apr 5, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger
Apr 5, 2026
The War
Carrier-group math: the view from the West Wing
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 5, 2026
The Borderline
Washington stays late on a dairy flare-up
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 5, 2026
Markets
Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Green Bay watches
The number that moved Washington on April 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 4, 2026
The Map
An unfinished bargain over a Senate toss-up
From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 4, 2026
The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from the border
Lawmakers spent April 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Apr 4, 2026
West Wing
K Street stays late on Canada as a foil
On April 4, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 4, 2026
Industrial Policy
A legal bargain over cloud contracts at DoD
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 4, 2026
Drug Prices
K Street stays late on an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 4, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in a Venezuela cargo bet just got larger
A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 4, 2026
The Border
What 50 per cent in Allentown says about 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 4, 2026
The Nine
Energy and Commerce turns to sanctions litigation as Portland, Maine watches
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 4, 2026
The Alliance
A predictable bargain over European energy nerves
American statecraft on April 4, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 4, 2026
