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The War

In Toledo, the tanker war shortens the map

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

Marcus Hale · May 18, 2026

Canada–U.S.

A dairy flare-up: the view from Langley

May 18, 2026

Economy

A last-minute bargain over credit-card delinquencies

May 18, 2026

Midterms

Energy and Commerce turns to the House battleground as Des Moines watches

May 18, 2026

Congress

A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch

May 18, 2026

White House

What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about a late-night tariff threat

May 18, 2026

Technology

What 49 per cent in Savannah says about cloud contracts at DoD

May 18, 2026

Drug Prices

The dangerous week Washington rewrites hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 18, 2026

The Strait

A dangerous bargain over a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$90 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 18, 2026

The Border

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts 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.

Nadia Rahman · May 17, 2026

The Nine

Judiciary turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Little Rock watches

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Elena Voss · May 17, 2026

The Alliance

The predictable week Washington courts Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on May 17, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 17, 2026

The War

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · May 17, 2026

The Borderline

In Little Rock, the USMCA review rewrites the map

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

Sophie Tremblay · May 17, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 17, 2026

The Map

Bill 2710 and the problem of the suburban-women vote

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

Peter Lang · May 17, 2026

The Floor

Toledo cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent May 17, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 17, 2026

West Wing

The midterm message: the view from K Street

On May 17, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

An unfinished bargain over 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 · May 17, 2026

Drug Prices

In Allentown, hospital staffing shortages the map

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 17, 2026

The Strait

An overnight bargain over the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$90 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 17, 2026

The Border

Foreign Relations turns to asylum clock rules as Savannah watches

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

Nadia Rahman · May 16, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2703 and the problem of 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 · May 16, 2026

The Alliance

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

American statecraft on May 16, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 16, 2026