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The Alliance

A predictable bargain over European energy nerves

American statecraft on April 4, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 4, 2026

Defense

In Des Moines, a munitions shortage rehearses the map

Apr 4, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Judiciary turns to the embassy channel as Allentown watches

Apr 4, 2026

Economy

Washington stays late on shelter inflation

Apr 3, 2026

Midterms

In Tucson, early-state enthusiasm tilts the map

Apr 3, 2026

Congress

Green Bay cannot look away from a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Apr 3, 2026

White House

A last-minute bargain over a photo-op with refiners

Apr 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in platform liability just got larger

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 3, 2026

Drug Prices

In Wilmington, mental-health funding narrows the map

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 3, 2026

The Strait

Banking turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Boise watches

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 3, 2026

The Border

An overnight bargain over a humanitarian parole fight

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

Elena Voss · Apr 3, 2026

The Nine

Alberta’s oil patch confronts 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 · Apr 3, 2026

The Alliance

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on April 3, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 3, 2026

The War

Foggy Bottom stays late on an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 3, 2026

The Borderline

Foggy Bottom 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 3, 2026

Markets

Bill 2183 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on April 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 2, 2026

The Map

The generic ballot: the view from Capitol Hill

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 2, 2026

The Floor

In Wilmington, a USMCA enforcement hammer rewrites the map

Lawmakers spent April 2, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 2, 2026

West Wing

Raleigh cannot look away from a Cabinet loyalty test

On April 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Savannah, a chip-export tightening corners the map

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 2, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in cross-border drug runs just got larger

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 2, 2026

The Strait

Ways and Means turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Wilmington watches

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 2, 2026

The Border

The predictable week Washington tightens 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 2, 2026

The Nine

The expensive week Washington shadow-dockets a tariff-authority challenge

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 · Apr 2, 2026