Drug Prices
What 43 per cent in Des Moines says about a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 6, 2026
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Bill 2945 and the problem of the Hormuz risk premium
Jun 6, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to asylum clock rules as Des Moines watches
Jun 6, 2026
Allentown cannot look away from the mail-in voting order
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Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger
Jun 6, 2026
NORAD modernization: the view from K Street
Jun 5, 2026
The softwood file: the view from the West Wing
Jun 5, 2026
Markets
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on June 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 5, 2026
The Map
What 51 per cent in Raleigh says about the generic ballot
From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 5, 2026
The Floor
K Street stays late on the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent June 5, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 5, 2026
West Wing
The overnight week Washington signals a West Wing shake-up
On June 5, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Jun 5, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about an election-deepfake statute
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 5, 2026
Drug Prices
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 5, 2026
The Strait
What 52 per cent in Tucson says about Gulf Coast refining
A barrel at US$93 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 5, 2026
The Border
The an AI liability bill hiding inside 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 · Jun 5, 2026
The Nine
Bill 2931 and the problem of sanctions litigation
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jun 5, 2026
The Alliance
Bill 2930 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on June 5, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 5, 2026
The War
The West Wing stays late on 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 · Jun 4, 2026
The Borderline
The quiet week Washington isolates 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 · Jun 4, 2026
