The number that moved Washington on May 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 24, 2026

The Map

K Street stays late on early-state enthusiasm

From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 24, 2026

The Floor

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 24, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 24, 2026

West Wing

In Raleigh, a late-night tariff threat doubles down on the map

On May 24, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

Tucson cannot look away from Canada’s compute shortage

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · May 24, 2026

Drug Prices

An FDA nomination: the view from Foggy Bottom

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 24, 2026

The Strait

The border supplemental hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 24, 2026

The Border

A Safe Third Country strain: the view from Langley

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · May 24, 2026

The Nine

Energy and Commerce turns to the mail-in voting order as Wilmington watches

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 · May 23, 2026

The Alliance

Bill 2786 and the problem of European energy nerves

American statecraft on May 23, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 23, 2026

The War

What 45 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 23, 2026

The Borderline

The an energy emergency resolution 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 · May 23, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger

The number that moved Washington on May 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · May 23, 2026

The Map

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront early-state enthusiasm

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 23, 2026

The Floor

A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent May 23, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 23, 2026

West Wing

What 46 per cent in Omaha says about a West Wing shake-up

On May 23, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 23, 2026