The number that moved Washington on April 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 24, 2026

The Map

Canada’s stake in the suburban-women vote just got larger

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

Peter Lang · Apr 24, 2026

The Floor

Savannah cannot look away from the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent April 24, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 24, 2026

West Wing

In Fresno, the Iran endgame walks back the map

On April 23, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 23, 2026

Industrial Policy

Wilmington cannot look away from an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 23, 2026

Drug Prices

The unfinished week Washington politicizes 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 · Apr 23, 2026

The Strait

Energy and Commerce turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Sioux Falls watches

A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 23, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger

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 · Apr 23, 2026

The Nine

What 48 per cent in Sioux Falls says about an emergency war-powers case

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 23, 2026

The Alliance

What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on April 23, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Apr 23, 2026

The War

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside 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.

Marcus Hale · Apr 23, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 23, 2026

Markets

A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on April 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 23, 2026

The Map

Foreign Relations turns to the House battleground as Des Moines watches

From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 23, 2026

The Floor

A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent April 23, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 23, 2026

West Wing

Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Omaha watches

On April 22, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 22, 2026