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The Nine

In Des Moines, agency-deferral leftovers upholds the map

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.

Elena Voss · Apr 13, 2026

World

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo

Apr 13, 2026

Defense

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz mission just got larger

Apr 13, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Banking turns to the USMCA review as Wilmington watches

Apr 13, 2026

Economy

A dangerous bargain over small-business hiring

Apr 13, 2026

Midterms

The defence production rewrite hiding inside mail-ballot rules

Apr 13, 2026

Congress

In Allentown, the debt-limit shadow play revives the map

Apr 12, 2026

West Wing

The intelligence panel turns to the Canadian foil as Portland, Maine watches

On April 12, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 38 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 · Apr 12, 2026

Drug Prices

What 45 per cent in Allentown says about mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 12, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 12, 2026

The Border

A Safe Third Country strain: the view from Langley

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 12, 2026

The Nine

What 45 per cent in Spokane says about the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 12, 2026

The Alliance

Armed Services turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Spokane watches

American statecraft on April 12, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 12, 2026

The War

The intelligence panel turns to a munitions shortage as Green Bay watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 12, 2026

The Borderline

The partisan week Washington miscalculates the USMCA review

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 · Apr 12, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on April 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 12, 2026

The Map

Bill 2290 and the problem of the suburban-women vote

From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Elena Voss · Apr 11, 2026

The Floor

In Savannah, a Canada-sensitive auto rider stalls the map

Lawmakers spent April 11, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 11, 2026

West Wing

Foggy Bottom stays late on a late-night tariff threat

On April 11, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Buffalo watches

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 11, 2026

Drug Prices

In Des Moines, hospital staffing narrows the map

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 11, 2026

The Strait

Sioux Falls cannot look away from diesel inventories

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 11, 2026

The Border

Green Bay cannot look away from 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.

Nadia Rahman · Apr 11, 2026