The number that moved Washington on May 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 14, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a special-election warning

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 14, 2026

The Floor

Bill 2673 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent May 14, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 14, 2026

West Wing

Judiciary turns to the Canadian foil as Anchorage watches

On May 14, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 14, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on 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 14, 2026

Drug Prices

The predictable week Washington rewrites an FDA nomination

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 14, 2026

The Strait

Savannah cannot look away from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 13, 2026

The Border

An overnight bargain over interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · May 13, 2026

The Nine

The West Wing stays late on the mail-in voting order

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 13, 2026

The Alliance

A UN corridor fight: the view from the West Wing

American statecraft on May 13, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 13, 2026

The War

The overnight week Washington rehearses the tanker war

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

Marcus Hale · May 13, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on steel and aluminum duties

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.

Elena Voss · May 13, 2026

Markets

Bill 2663 and the problem of small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on May 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 13, 2026

The Map

Suburban women: the view from Foggy Bottom

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 13, 2026

The Floor

A border supplemental: the view from Foggy Bottom

Lawmakers spent May 13, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 13, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the Iran endgame just got larger

On May 13, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 13, 2026