The number that moved Washington on May 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 28, 2026

The Map

Toledo cannot look away from the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 28, 2026

The Floor

The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley

Lawmakers spent May 28, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 28, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2840 and the problem of the gasoline file

On May 28, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

Green Bay cannot look away from data-centre water fights

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · May 28, 2026

Drug Prices

A transactional bargain over Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 28, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger

A barrel at US$92 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 28, 2026

The Border

Bill 2836 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · May 28, 2026

The Nine

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside 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 · May 28, 2026

The Alliance

Toledo cannot look away from the Iran coalition

American statecraft on May 27, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · May 27, 2026

The War

The dangerous week Washington accelerates 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 · May 27, 2026

The Borderline

An overnight bargain over 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 · May 27, 2026

Markets

What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on May 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 27, 2026

The Map

What 52 per cent in Tucson says about the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · May 27, 2026

The Floor

In Raleigh, the December funding patch stalls the map

Lawmakers spent May 27, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 27, 2026

West Wing

A continental bargain over a photo-op with refiners

On May 27, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 27, 2026