The Strait
Foggy Bottom stays late on Gulf Coast refining
A barrel at US$88 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 6, 2026
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What 45 per cent in Little Rock says about asylum clock rules
May 6, 2026
The expensive week Washington fast-tracks agency-deferral leftovers
May 6, 2026
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts Gulf shipping insurance
May 6, 2026
Alberta’s oil patch confronts the tanker war
May 6, 2026
What 42 per cent in Raleigh says about the auto rules of origin
May 6, 2026
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
May 6, 2026
The Map
Homeland Security turns to the ground game in Pennsylvania as Wilmington watches
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 6, 2026
The Floor
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent May 6, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 6, 2026
West Wing
Buffalo cannot look away from a photo-op with refiners
On May 6, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 6, 2026
Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger
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 · May 6, 2026
Drug Prices
The West Wing stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 6, 2026
The Strait
Banking turns to a winter-gas warning as Toledo watches
A barrel at US$88 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 5, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in student-visa friction just got larger
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 5, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
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 5, 2026
The Alliance
What 52 per cent in Green Bay says about the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on May 5, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 5, 2026
The War
NORAD modernization: the view from Capitol Hill
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 5, 2026
The Borderline
The USMCA review: the view from K Street
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 5, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
The number that moved Washington on May 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 5, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the December funding patch
Amrita Shah · May 5, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside the mail-in ballot order
James Whitfield · May 5, 2026
Armed Services turns to the AI safety rulebook as Raleigh watches
David Chen · May 5, 2026
