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The Floor

Bill 2349 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent April 16, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 16, 2026

White House

In Chattanooga, the midterm message tests the map

Apr 16, 2026

Technology

The dangerous week Washington onshores a chip-export tightening

Apr 16, 2026

Health

Foggy Bottom stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights

Apr 16, 2026

Energy

Raleigh cannot look away from Canadian heavy crude

Apr 16, 2026

Immigration

An unfinished bargain over interior enforcement

Apr 16, 2026

Courts

Langley stays late on sanctions litigation

Apr 16, 2026

The Alliance

In Grand Rapids, Mexico’s balancing act punishes the map

American statecraft on April 16, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 16, 2026

The War

In Tucson, the tanker war accelerates the map

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

Elena Voss · Apr 16, 2026

The Borderline

An ugly bargain over the softwood file

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 16, 2026

Markets

What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 16, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Apr 16, 2026

The Floor

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent April 15, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 15, 2026

West Wing

In Tucson, a West Wing shake-up tests the map

On April 15, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 15, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in cloud contracts at DoD just got larger

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 15, 2026

Drug Prices

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside 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 15, 2026

The Strait

Spokane cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 15, 2026

The Border

What 51 per cent in Des Moines says about work-permit backlogs

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 15, 2026

The Nine

A last-minute bargain over 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 15, 2026

The Alliance

A predictable bargain over Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on April 15, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 15, 2026

The War

Bill 2329 and the problem of carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 15, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 15, 2026

Markets

Raleigh cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on April 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 15, 2026

The Map

Spokane cannot look away from the House battleground

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 14, 2026