The number that moved Washington on June 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 25, 2026

The Map

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a Senate toss-up

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

Peter Lang · Jun 25, 2026

The Floor

British Columbia’s ports confront the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent June 24, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 24, 2026

West Wing

The intelligence panel turns to a Cabinet loyalty test as Sioux Falls watches

On June 24, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

The legal week Washington weaponizes 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 · Jun 24, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3162 and the problem of hospital staffing

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 24, 2026

The Strait

The legal week Washington reroutes a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$96 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 24, 2026

The Border

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Jun 24, 2026

The Nine

Banking turns to a birthright petition as Wilmington watches

The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jun 24, 2026

The Alliance

Langley stays late on the Iran coalition

American statecraft on June 24, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 24, 2026

The War

An ugly bargain over the tanker war

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

Elena Voss · Jun 24, 2026

The Borderline

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jun 24, 2026

Markets

A last-minute bargain over the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on June 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 24, 2026

The Map

In Anchorage, the House battleground explodes the map

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

Peter Lang · Jun 24, 2026

The Floor

What 45 per cent in Savannah says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent June 23, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 23, 2026