The number that moved Washington on April 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 6, 2026

The Map

An overnight bargain over a special-election warning

From Fresno 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 5, 2026

The Floor

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent April 5, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 5, 2026

West Wing

The continental week Washington walks back the Iran endgame

On April 5, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 5, 2026

Industrial Policy

The expensive week Washington onshores 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 5, 2026

Drug Prices

What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 · Apr 5, 2026

The Strait

In Chattanooga, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rations the map

A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 5, 2026

The Border

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the northern border narrative

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 5, 2026

The Nine

A transactional bargain over 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 · Apr 5, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger

American statecraft on April 5, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 5, 2026

The War

Carrier-group math: the view from the West Wing

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 5, 2026

The Borderline

Washington stays late on a dairy flare-up

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 5, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Green Bay watches

The number that moved Washington on April 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 4, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over a Senate toss-up

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 4, 2026

The Floor

The farm bill leftovers: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent April 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Apr 4, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on Canada as a foil

On April 4, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 4, 2026