2026
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355 stories from April 2026 · page 11 of 15
The Strait
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
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The Map
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
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
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
Industrial Policy
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 9, 2026
Drug Prices
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 9, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 9, 2026
The Border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 9, 2026
The Nine
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 9, 2026
The Alliance
American statecraft on April 9, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 9, 2026
The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 9, 2026
The Borderline
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Apr 9, 2026
Markets
The number that moved Washington on April 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 9, 2026
