The number that moved Washington on April 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 29, 2026

The Map

Bill 2494 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm

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

Elena Voss · Apr 29, 2026

The Floor

In Little Rock, a USMCA enforcement hammer stalls the map

Lawmakers spent April 29, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 29, 2026

West Wing

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the mail-in ballot order

On April 29, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

The dangerous week Washington regulates 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 · Apr 29, 2026

Drug Prices

GLP-1 coverage fights: the view from Foggy Bottom

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 28, 2026

The Strait

A continental bargain over a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 28, 2026

The Border

What 40 per cent in Allentown says about 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 · Apr 28, 2026

The Nine

The predictable week Washington shadow-dockets agency-deferral leftovers

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 28, 2026

The Alliance

The China secondary-sanctions threat: the view from Foggy Bottom

American statecraft on April 28, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 28, 2026

The War

In Toledo, the tanker war accelerates the map

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 28, 2026

The Borderline

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 28, 2026

Markets

The September FOMC: the view from the border

The number that moved Washington on April 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 28, 2026

The Map

Energy and Commerce turns to a special-election warning as Manchester watches

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

Peter Lang · Apr 28, 2026

The Floor

In Wilmington, a USMCA enforcement hammer stalls the map

Lawmakers spent April 28, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 28, 2026

West Wing

What 41 per cent in Buffalo says about a sudden pardon rumour

On April 28, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 28, 2026