The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 27, 2026

The Alliance

What 45 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on April 27, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 27, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger

Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 27, 2026

The Borderline

What 45 per cent in Chattanooga says about cross-border data rules

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.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 27, 2026

Markets

Boise cannot look away from the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on April 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 27, 2026

The Map

In Fresno, the ground game in Pennsylvania explodes the map

From Fresno 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 · Apr 27, 2026

The Floor

Bill 2469 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent April 27, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 27, 2026

West Wing

In Tucson, a late-night tariff threat signals the map

On April 27, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 27, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 2467 and the problem of Canada’s compute shortage

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 26, 2026

Drug Prices

Allentown cannot look away from 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 · Apr 26, 2026

The Strait

Bill 2465 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 26, 2026

The Border

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Apr 26, 2026

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Spokane says about agency-deferral leftovers

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 · Apr 26, 2026

The Alliance

Green Bay cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on April 26, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 26, 2026

The War

Bill 2461 and the problem of 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 · Apr 26, 2026