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

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 13, 2026

The Map

The defence production rewrite hiding inside mail-ballot rules

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 13, 2026

The Floor

In Allentown, the debt-limit shadow play revives the map

Lawmakers spent April 12, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 12, 2026

West Wing

The intelligence panel turns to the Canadian foil as Portland, Maine watches

On April 12, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 38 per cent in Green Bay says about cloud contracts at DoD

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 12, 2026

Drug Prices

What 45 per cent in Allentown says about mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 12, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 12, 2026

The Border

A Safe Third Country strain: the view from Langley

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 12, 2026

The Nine

What 45 per cent in Spokane says about 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 12, 2026

The Alliance

Armed Services turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Spokane watches

American statecraft on April 12, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 12, 2026

The War

The intelligence panel turns to a munitions shortage as Green Bay watches

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 12, 2026

The Borderline

The partisan week Washington miscalculates 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 · Apr 12, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on April 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 12, 2026

The Map

Bill 2290 and the problem of the suburban-women vote

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

Elena Voss · Apr 11, 2026

The Floor

In Savannah, a Canada-sensitive auto rider stalls the map

Lawmakers spent April 11, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 11, 2026

West Wing

Foggy Bottom stays late on a late-night tariff threat

On April 11, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 11, 2026