The number that moved Washington on May 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 4, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over the suburban-women vote

From Manchester 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 4, 2026

The Floor

Bill 2553 and the problem of the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent May 4, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 4, 2026

West Wing

The unfinished week Washington doubles down on the Iran endgame

On May 4, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

The an AI liability bill hiding inside platform liability

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

David Chen · May 4, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 3, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger

A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 3, 2026

The Border

Bill 2548 and the problem of 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 · May 3, 2026

The Nine

What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a birthright petition

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 · May 3, 2026

The Alliance

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

American statecraft on May 3, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 3, 2026

The War

What 42 per cent in Raleigh says about the Canada spending file

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

Elena Voss · May 3, 2026

The Borderline

The partisan week Washington rewrites the USMCA review

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

Sophie Tremblay · May 3, 2026

Markets

Ways and Means turns to credit-card delinquencies as Savannah watches

The number that moved Washington on May 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 3, 2026

The Map

A continental bargain over the suburban-women vote

From Chattanooga 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 3, 2026

The Floor

What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 3, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 3, 2026

West Wing

The West Wing stays late on a West Wing shake-up

On May 3, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 3, 2026