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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

White House

Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Omaha watches

Apr 22, 2026

Technology

Banking turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Manchester watches

Apr 22, 2026

Health

British Columbia’s ports confront GLP-1 coverage fights

Apr 22, 2026

Energy

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a winter-gas warning

Apr 22, 2026

Immigration

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront student-visa friction

Apr 22, 2026

Courts

An emergency war-powers case: the view from Foggy Bottom

Apr 22, 2026

The Alliance

A continental bargain over a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on April 22, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 22, 2026

The War

Bill 2413 and the problem of 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 22, 2026

The Borderline

Raleigh cannot look away from 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 22, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to the strong-dollar problem as Allentown watches

The number that moved Washington on April 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 22, 2026

The Map

In Manchester, mail-ballot rules haunt the map

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 22, 2026

The Floor

A transactional bargain over the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent April 22, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Apr 22, 2026

West Wing

Buffalo cannot look away from a sudden pardon rumour

On April 21, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 21, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 50 per cent in Raleigh says about a chip-export tightening

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 21, 2026

Drug Prices

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 21, 2026

The Strait

What 49 per cent in Little Rock says about a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 21, 2026

The Border

Allentown cannot look away from interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 21, 2026

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Sioux Falls says about sanctions litigation

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 21, 2026

The Alliance

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on April 21, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 21, 2026

The War

What 43 per cent in Boise says about 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 · Apr 21, 2026

The Borderline

Ways and Means turns to the softwood file as Savannah watches

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 21, 2026

Markets

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 21, 2026

The Map

Foggy Bottom stays late on early-state enthusiasm

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

Peter Lang · Apr 21, 2026