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The Alliance

In Allentown, the Five Eyes tempo punishes the map

American statecraft on April 6, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Apr 6, 2026

Defense

The border supplemental hiding inside an Arctic radar gap

Apr 6, 2026

Canada–U.S.

In Green Bay, the softwood file tests the map

Apr 6, 2026

Economy

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

Apr 6, 2026

Midterms

An overnight bargain over a special-election warning

Apr 5, 2026

Congress

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Apr 5, 2026

White House

The continental week Washington walks back the Iran endgame

Apr 5, 2026

Industrial Policy

The expensive week Washington onshores platform liability

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

David Chen · Apr 5, 2026

Drug Prices

What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 5, 2026

The Strait

In Chattanooga, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rations the map

A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 5, 2026

The Border

The strategic petroleum rider 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 · Apr 5, 2026

The Nine

A transactional bargain over the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 5, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger

American statecraft on April 5, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 5, 2026

The War

Carrier-group math: the view from the West Wing

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 5, 2026

The Borderline

Washington 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 5, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Green Bay watches

The number that moved Washington on April 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 4, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over a Senate toss-up

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 4, 2026

The Floor

The farm bill leftovers: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent April 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Apr 4, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on Canada as a foil

On April 4, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

A legal bargain over 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.

David Chen · Apr 4, 2026

Drug Prices

K Street stays late on 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 4, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in a Venezuela cargo bet just got larger

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 4, 2026

The Border

What 50 per cent in Allentown says about 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 4, 2026

The Nine

Energy and Commerce turns to sanctions litigation as Portland, Maine 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 · Apr 4, 2026