Lawmakers spent June 25, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 25, 2026

West Wing

Ways and Means turns to the gasoline file as Boise watches

On June 25, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Tucson 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 · Jun 25, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3174 and the problem of an FDA nomination

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

Elena Voss · Jun 25, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3173 and the problem of Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$96 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 25, 2026

The Border

K Street stays late on CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jun 25, 2026

The Nine

Homeland Security turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Fresno watches

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 · Jun 25, 2026

The Alliance

K Street stays late on European energy nerves

American statecraft on June 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 25, 2026

The War

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the Canada spending file

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jun 25, 2026

The Borderline

The transactional week Washington tests steel and aluminum duties

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jun 25, 2026

Markets

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on June 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 25, 2026

The Map

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a Senate toss-up

From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jun 25, 2026

The Floor

British Columbia’s ports confront the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent June 24, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 24, 2026

West Wing

The intelligence panel turns to a Cabinet loyalty test as Sioux Falls watches

On June 24, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

The legal week Washington weaponizes a chip-export tightening

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jun 24, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 3162 and the problem of hospital staffing

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 24, 2026