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 · May 30, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in a Venezuela oil bargain just got larger

American statecraft on May 29, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 29, 2026

The War

In Spokane, the tanker war widens the map

Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · May 29, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in a dairy flare-up just got larger

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 · May 29, 2026

Markets

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on May 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 29, 2026

The Map

Homeland Security turns to the suburban-women vote as Manchester watches

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 29, 2026

The Floor

Langley stays late on an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 29, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 29, 2026

West Wing

Manchester cannot look away from the midterm message

On May 29, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 2851 and the problem of 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.

Elena Voss · May 29, 2026

Drug Prices

K Street stays late on hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 29, 2026

The Strait

Bill 2849 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$92 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 29, 2026

The Border

The defence production rewrite hiding inside the northern border narrative

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · May 29, 2026

The Nine

What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about a Missouri map fight

The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · May 29, 2026

The Alliance

In Wilmington, a UN corridor fight loses the map

American statecraft on May 28, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 28, 2026

The War

An expensive bargain over the tanker war

Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · May 28, 2026

The Borderline

The USMCA review: the view from Langley

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · May 28, 2026

Markets

Alberta’s oil patch confronts small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on May 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 28, 2026