The number that moved Washington on May 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 9, 2026

The Map

The expensive week Washington freezes a special-election warning

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 9, 2026

The Floor

Alberta’s oil patch confronts the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent May 9, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · May 9, 2026

West Wing

In Boise, the gasoline file presses the map

On May 9, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 9, 2026

Industrial Policy

Cloud contracts at DoD: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 · May 9, 2026

Drug Prices

Energy and Commerce turns to hospital staffing as Des Moines watches

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 9, 2026

The Strait

In Des Moines, the Hormuz risk premium reroutes the map

A barrel at US$88 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 8, 2026

The Border

Interior enforcement: the view from the West Wing

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

Nadia Rahman · May 8, 2026

The Nine

The intelligence panel turns to sanctions litigation as Des Moines 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 · May 8, 2026

The Alliance

A legal bargain over a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on May 8, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 8, 2026

The War

A legal bargain over a munitions shortage

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

Marcus Hale · May 8, 2026

The Borderline

The expensive week Washington reopens 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 · May 8, 2026

Markets

Bill 2603 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on May 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 8, 2026

The Map

Canada’s stake in early-state enthusiasm just got larger

From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 8, 2026

The Floor

A Canada-sensitive auto rider: the view from Capitol Hill

Lawmakers spent May 8, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 8, 2026

West Wing

Foreign Relations turns to a Cabinet loyalty test as Green Bay watches

On May 8, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 8, 2026

Industrial Policy

An unfinished bargain over the AI safety rulebook

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · May 8, 2026