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The Nine

The dangerous week Washington narrows an emergency war-powers case

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 12, 2026

World

The intelligence panel turns to the Iran coalition as Wilmington watches

Jun 12, 2026

Defense

In Tucson, the Hormuz mission overcommits the map

Jun 12, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The embassy channel: the view from Foggy Bottom

Jun 12, 2026

Economy

Wilmington cannot look away from a factory-orders stall

Jun 11, 2026

Midterms

In Sioux Falls, mail-ballot rules explode the map

Jun 11, 2026

Congress

Bill 3009 and the problem of the December funding patch

Jun 11, 2026

West Wing

The continental week Washington reshuffles a West Wing shake-up

On June 11, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on 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 11, 2026

Drug Prices

Capitol Hill stays late on 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 · Jun 11, 2026

The Strait

Tucson cannot look away from 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 11, 2026

The Border

Ontario’s auto belt confronts a humanitarian parole fight

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

Elena Voss · Jun 11, 2026

The Nine

An ugly bargain over a birthright petition

The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jun 11, 2026

The Alliance

Washington stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on June 11, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 11, 2026

The War

The overnight week Washington widens the Hormuz mission

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

Marcus Hale · Jun 11, 2026

The Borderline

Steel and aluminum duties: the view from K Street

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 11, 2026

Markets

What 45 per cent in Green Bay says about small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on June 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 10, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington narrows a Senate toss-up

From Anchorage 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 10, 2026

The Floor

The expensive week Washington stalls the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent June 10, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 10, 2026

West Wing

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the gasoline file

On June 10, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 10, 2026

Industrial Policy

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside 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 10, 2026

Drug Prices

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront cross-border drug runs

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 10, 2026

The Strait

Washington stays late on 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 10, 2026

The Border

The partisan week Washington overloads 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 · Jun 10, 2026