West Wing
A last-minute bargain over a photo-op with refiners
On April 3, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 3, 2026
2026
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Canada’s stake in platform liability just got larger
Apr 3, 2026
In Wilmington, mental-health funding narrows the map
Apr 3, 2026
Banking turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Boise watches
Apr 3, 2026
An overnight bargain over a humanitarian parole fight
Apr 3, 2026
Alberta’s oil patch confronts a Missouri map fight
Apr 3, 2026
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the China secondary-sanctions threat
Apr 3, 2026
The War
Foggy Bottom stays late on an Arctic radar gap
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 3, 2026
The Borderline
Foggy Bottom 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 3, 2026
Markets
Bill 2183 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on April 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 2, 2026
The Map
The generic ballot: the view from Capitol Hill
From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 2, 2026
The Floor
In Wilmington, a USMCA enforcement hammer rewrites the map
Lawmakers spent April 2, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 2, 2026
West Wing
Raleigh cannot look away from a Cabinet loyalty test
On April 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 2, 2026
Industrial Policy
In Savannah, a chip-export tightening corners the map
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 2, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in cross-border drug runs just got larger
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 2, 2026
The Strait
Ways and Means turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Wilmington watches
A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 2, 2026
The Border
The predictable week Washington tightens 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 2, 2026
The Nine
The expensive week Washington shadow-dockets a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 2, 2026
The Alliance
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on April 2, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 2, 2026
