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The Nine

Allentown cannot look away from 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 6, 2026

World

Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger

Jun 6, 2026

Defense

NORAD modernization: the view from K Street

Jun 5, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The softwood file: the view from the West Wing

Jun 5, 2026

Economy

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print

Jun 5, 2026

Midterms

What 51 per cent in Raleigh says about the generic ballot

Jun 5, 2026

Congress

K Street stays late on the Pentagon’s wish list

Jun 5, 2026

West Wing

The overnight week Washington signals a West Wing shake-up

On June 5, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Jun 5, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jun 5, 2026

Drug Prices

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside 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 5, 2026

The Strait

What 52 per cent in Tucson says about Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$93 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 5, 2026

The Border

The an AI liability bill hiding inside the northern border narrative

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

Nadia Rahman · Jun 5, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2931 and the problem of 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 · Jun 5, 2026

The Alliance

Bill 2930 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on June 5, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 5, 2026

The War

The West Wing stays late on carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jun 4, 2026

The Borderline

The quiet week Washington isolates the embassy channel

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jun 4, 2026

Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on June 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 4, 2026

The Map

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the suburban-women file

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

Peter Lang · Jun 4, 2026

The Floor

Canada’s stake in the December funding patch just got larger

Lawmakers spent June 4, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 4, 2026

West Wing

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a sudden pardon rumour

On June 4, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

The ugly week Washington audits 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 4, 2026

Drug Prices

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an FDA nomination

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 4, 2026

The Strait

Banking turns to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Raleigh watches

A barrel at US$93 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 4, 2026

The Border

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Jun 4, 2026