The number that moved Washington on April 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Apr 1, 2026

The Map

An overnight bargain over mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Apr 1, 2026

The Floor

Canada’s stake in a border supplemental just got larger

Lawmakers spent April 1, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 1, 2026

West Wing

In Boise, a photo-op with refiners sidelines the map

On April 1, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

A chip-export tightening: the view from Capitol Hill

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 1, 2026

Drug Prices

Capitol Hill stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights

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 1, 2026

The Strait

Banking turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Spokane watches

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 1, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in a Safe Third Country strain just got larger

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 1, 2026

The Nine

A dangerous 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 1, 2026

The Alliance

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

American statecraft on April 1, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 1, 2026

The War

The ugly week Washington strains carrier-group math

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 1, 2026

The Borderline

A last-minute bargain over dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 31, 2026

Markets

What 42 per cent in Tucson says about the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on March 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 31, 2026

The Map

In Wilmington, the generic ballot reorders the map

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 31, 2026

The Floor

An ugly bargain over a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent March 31, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 31, 2026

West Wing

Judiciary turns to a late-night tariff threat as Green Bay watches

On March 31, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 31, 2026