Markets
Bill 2735 and the problem of a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 19, 2026
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Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the ground game in Pennsylvania
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In Boise, the debt-limit shadow play buries the map
May 19, 2026
The dangerous week Washington sidelines a Cabinet loyalty test
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Ontario’s auto belt confronts a chip-export tightening
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A transactional bargain over an FDA nomination
May 19, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Little Rock watches
May 19, 2026
The Border
Bill 2728 and the problem of 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 · May 19, 2026
The Nine
Energy and Commerce turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Sioux Falls watches
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 18, 2026
The Alliance
In Fresno, a UN corridor fight underwrites the map
American statecraft on May 18, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 18, 2026
The War
In Toledo, the tanker war shortens the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 18, 2026
The Borderline
A dairy flare-up: the view from Langley
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 · May 18, 2026
Markets
A last-minute bargain over credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on May 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 18, 2026
The Map
Energy and Commerce turns to the House battleground as Des Moines watches
From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 18, 2026
The Floor
A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent May 18, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 18, 2026
West Wing
What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about a late-night tariff threat
On May 18, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 18, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 49 per cent in Savannah 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 · May 18, 2026
Drug Prices
The dangerous week Washington rewrites hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 18, 2026
The Strait
A dangerous bargain over a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$90 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 18, 2026
