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The Map

In Manchester, mail-ballot rules haunt the map

From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 22, 2026

Congress

A transactional bargain over the debt-limit shadow play

Apr 22, 2026

White House

Buffalo cannot look away from a sudden pardon rumour

Apr 21, 2026

Technology

What 50 per cent in Raleigh says about a chip-export tightening

Apr 21, 2026

Health

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a vaccine-schedule fight

Apr 21, 2026

Energy

What 49 per cent in Little Rock says about a Venezuela cargo bet

Apr 21, 2026

Immigration

Allentown cannot look away from interior enforcement

Apr 21, 2026

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Sioux Falls says about 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 · Apr 21, 2026

The Alliance

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on April 21, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 21, 2026

The War

What 43 per cent in Boise says about 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 · Apr 21, 2026

The Borderline

Ways and Means turns to the softwood file as Savannah watches

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 21, 2026

Markets

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 21, 2026

The Map

Foggy Bottom stays late on early-state enthusiasm

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 21, 2026

The Floor

Bill 2397 and the problem of the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent April 21, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 21, 2026

West Wing

The midterm message: the view from Langley

On April 20, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 20, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in data-centre water fights just got larger

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 20, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 20, 2026

The Strait

Gulf Coast refining: the view from Langley

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 20, 2026

The Border

A partisan bargain over interior enforcement

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Elena Voss · Apr 20, 2026

The Nine

Foggy Bottom stays late on the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 20, 2026

The Alliance

What 50 per cent in Portland, Maine says about European energy nerves

American statecraft on April 20, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 20, 2026

The War

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside 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 · Apr 20, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger

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 20, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 20, 2026