The Strait
Canadian heavy crude: the view from Foggy Bottom
A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 26, 2026
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Sioux Falls cannot look away from a humanitarian parole fight
May 26, 2026
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the classified-documents fight
May 26, 2026
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront European energy nerves
May 25, 2026
Armed Services turns to the Hormuz mission as Wilmington watches
May 25, 2026
What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about the auto rules of origin
May 25, 2026
Homeland Security turns to a hot payrolls print as Chattanooga watches
May 25, 2026
The Map
In Portland, Maine, early-state enthusiasm scrambles the map
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 25, 2026
The Floor
The expensive week Washington fast-tracks a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent May 25, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 25, 2026
West Wing
Bill 2804 and the problem of a Cabinet loyalty test
On May 25, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 25, 2026
Industrial Policy
K Street stays late on 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 25, 2026
Drug Prices
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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 · May 25, 2026
The Strait
Savannah cannot look away from Gulf Coast refining
A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 25, 2026
The Border
Bill 2800 and the problem of work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · May 25, 2026
The Nine
A Missouri map fight: the view from the border
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 25, 2026
The Alliance
K Street stays late on European energy nerves
American statecraft on May 24, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 24, 2026
The War
A predictable bargain over a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 24, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 2796 and the problem of the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 24, 2026
Markets
Washington stays late on a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 24, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside an emergency war authorization
Amrita Shah · May 24, 2026
In Raleigh, a late-night tariff threat doubles down on the map
James Whitfield · May 24, 2026
