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The Nine

Washington stays late on 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.

Elena Voss · Jun 4, 2026

World

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

Jun 4, 2026

Defense

Allied basing rights: the view from the border

Jun 4, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Sioux Falls cannot look away from the USMCA review

Jun 3, 2026

Economy

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the September FOMC

Jun 3, 2026

Midterms

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

Jun 3, 2026

Congress

What 52 per cent in Tucson says about a USMCA enforcement hammer

Jun 3, 2026

West Wing

The mail-in ballot order: the view from Capitol Hill

On June 3, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside Canada’s compute shortage

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 3, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 3, 2026

The Strait

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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 3, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in interior enforcement just got larger

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

Nadia Rahman · Jun 3, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger

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

Claire Fontaine · Jun 3, 2026

The Alliance

Foreign Relations turns to Gulf shipping insurance as Savannah watches

American statecraft on June 3, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 3, 2026

The War

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts 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 2, 2026

The Borderline

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside cross-border data rules

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jun 2, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger

The number that moved Washington on June 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 2, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over the suburban-women vote

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

Elena Voss · Jun 2, 2026

The Floor

The debt-limit shadow play: the view from K Street

Lawmakers spent June 2, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 2, 2026

West Wing

What 48 per cent in Anchorage says about a West Wing shake-up

On June 2, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 2899 and the problem of 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 2, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2898 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 2, 2026

The Strait

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$92 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 2, 2026

The Border

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront 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.

Nadia Rahman · Jun 2, 2026