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The Nine

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · May 26, 2026

World

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront European energy nerves

May 25, 2026

Defense

Armed Services turns to the Hormuz mission as Wilmington watches

May 25, 2026

Canada–U.S.

What 51 per cent in Green Bay says about the auto rules of origin

May 25, 2026

Economy

Homeland Security turns to a hot payrolls print as Chattanooga watches

May 25, 2026

Midterms

In Portland, Maine, early-state enthusiasm scrambles the map

May 25, 2026

Congress

The expensive week Washington fast-tracks a USMCA enforcement hammer

May 25, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2804 and the problem of a Cabinet loyalty test

On May 25, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on 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 · May 25, 2026

Drug Prices

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 25, 2026

The Strait

Savannah cannot look away from Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 25, 2026

The Border

Bill 2800 and the problem of work-permit backlogs

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

Elena Voss · May 25, 2026

The Nine

A Missouri map fight: the view from the border

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 · May 25, 2026

The Alliance

K Street stays late on European energy nerves

American statecraft on May 24, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 24, 2026

The War

A predictable bargain over a munitions shortage

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · May 24, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 2796 and the problem of the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · May 24, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on May 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 24, 2026

The Map

K Street stays late on early-state enthusiasm

From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 24, 2026

The Floor

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 24, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 24, 2026

West Wing

In Raleigh, a late-night tariff threat doubles down on the map

On May 24, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

Tucson cannot look away from 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 · May 24, 2026

Drug Prices

An FDA nomination: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 24, 2026

The Strait

The border supplemental hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 24, 2026

The Border

A Safe Third Country strain: the view from Langley

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 · May 24, 2026