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The Strait

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

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

Owen MacLeod · May 27, 2026

Immigration

The partisan week Washington accelerates a humanitarian parole fight

May 27, 2026

Courts

Armed Services turns to the classified-documents fight as Chattanooga watches

May 27, 2026

World

Washington stays late on Mexico’s balancing act

May 26, 2026

Defense

Bill 2821 and the problem of NORAD modernization

May 26, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Savannah cannot look away from steel and aluminum duties

May 26, 2026

Economy

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print

May 26, 2026

The Map

Ways and Means turns to the generic ballot as Anchorage watches

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

Peter Lang · May 26, 2026

The Floor

What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent May 26, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · May 26, 2026

West Wing

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a late-night tariff threat

On May 26, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in the AI safety rulebook just got larger

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

David Chen · May 26, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in mental-health funding just got larger

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 26, 2026

The Strait

Canadian heavy crude: the view from Foggy Bottom

A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 26, 2026

The Border

Sioux Falls cannot look away from 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.

Nadia Rahman · May 26, 2026

The Nine

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · May 26, 2026

The Alliance

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront European energy nerves

American statecraft on May 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 25, 2026

The War

Armed Services turns to the Hormuz mission as Wilmington watches

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

Marcus Hale · May 25, 2026

The Borderline

What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 25, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to a hot payrolls print as Chattanooga watches

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

Thomas Bergeron · May 25, 2026

The Map

In Portland, Maine, early-state enthusiasm scrambles the map

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

Peter Lang · May 25, 2026

The Floor

The expensive week Washington fast-tracks a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent May 25, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 25, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2804 and the problem of a Cabinet loyalty test

On May 25, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on 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 · May 25, 2026

Drug Prices

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 25, 2026