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The Nine

An emergency war-powers case: the view from the border

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 · Jun 14, 2026

World

Canada’s stake in a UN corridor fight just got larger

Jun 14, 2026

Defense

The Hormuz mission: the view from K Street

Jun 14, 2026

Canada–U.S.

A transactional bargain over the softwood file

Jun 14, 2026

Economy

Capitol Hill stays late on the September FOMC

Jun 13, 2026

Midterms

The border supplemental hiding inside the generic ballot

Jun 13, 2026

Congress

A legal bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list

Jun 13, 2026

West Wing

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the gasoline file

On June 13, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 3031 and the problem of 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 · Jun 13, 2026

Drug Prices

What 47 per cent in Spokane says about a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 13, 2026

The Strait

An expensive bargain over the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$94 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 13, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger

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 13, 2026

The Nine

A transactional bargain over 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 · Jun 13, 2026

The Alliance

An unfinished bargain over the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on June 13, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 13, 2026

The War

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Jun 13, 2026

The Borderline

Fresno cannot look away from 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 12, 2026

Markets

Bill 3023 and the problem of shelter inflation

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

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 12, 2026

The Map

The West Wing stays late on 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 12, 2026

The Floor

A last-minute bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent June 12, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jun 12, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a sudden pardon rumour just got larger

On June 12, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

Energy and Commerce turns to cloud contracts at DoD as Little Rock watches

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 · Jun 12, 2026

Drug Prices

In Raleigh, GLP-1 coverage fights delays the map

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 12, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington overpromises a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$94 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 12, 2026

The Border

Ways and Means turns to interior enforcement as Chattanooga watches

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

Nadia Rahman · Jun 12, 2026