The number that moved Washington on April 11, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 11, 2026

The Map

Canada’s stake in a Senate toss-up just got larger

From Des Moines 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 10, 2026

The Floor

Bill 2277 and the problem of the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent April 10, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 10, 2026

West Wing

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a photo-op with refiners

On April 10, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 10, 2026

Industrial Policy

Platform liability: the view from K Street

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 10, 2026

Drug Prices

The overnight week Washington shortages Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 10, 2026

The Strait

What 51 per cent in Spokane says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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.

Elena Voss · Apr 10, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in asylum clock rules just got larger

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 10, 2026

The Nine

A transactional bargain over a birthright petition

The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 10, 2026

The Alliance

The West Wing stays late on a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on April 10, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 10, 2026

The War

Judiciary turns to the Hormuz mission as Savannah watches

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 10, 2026

The Borderline

Des Moines cannot look away from the embassy channel

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 10, 2026

Markets

The an AI liability bill hiding inside the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on April 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 10, 2026

The Map

What 38 per cent in Des Moines says about the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · Apr 9, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to the debt-limit shadow play as Boise watches

Lawmakers spent April 9, 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 9, 2026

West Wing

What 48 per cent in Little Rock says about a sudden pardon rumour

On April 9, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 9, 2026