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The War

Washington stays late on allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · May 16, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Cross-border data rules: the view from Foggy Bottom

May 16, 2026

Economy

The continental week Washington steadies shelter inflation

May 16, 2026

Midterms

The continental week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules

May 16, 2026

Congress

Bill 2697 and the problem of an emergency war authorization

May 16, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger

May 16, 2026

Technology

Washington stays late on platform liability

May 16, 2026

Drug Prices

K Street stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 16, 2026

The Strait

The overnight week Washington empties the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 16, 2026

The Border

In Des Moines, CBP staffing at the 49th reroutes the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · May 15, 2026

The Nine

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

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 · May 15, 2026

The Alliance

Langley stays late on a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on May 15, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 15, 2026

The War

Chattanooga cannot look away from 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 · May 15, 2026

The Borderline

Tucson cannot look away from dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · May 15, 2026

Markets

Alberta’s oil patch confronts shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 15, 2026

The Map

The quiet week Washington flattens the generic ballot

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 15, 2026

The Floor

What 42 per cent in Savannah says about the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent May 15, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 15, 2026

West Wing

A West Wing shake-up: the view from Langley

On May 15, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 15, 2026

Industrial Policy

Allentown cannot look away from the TikTok residual

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · May 15, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger

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 15, 2026

The Strait

Foggy Bottom stays late on a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Elena Voss · May 14, 2026

The Border

What 49 per cent in Raleigh says about 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 · May 14, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a birthright petition just got larger

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 · May 14, 2026

The Alliance

The West Wing stays late on European energy nerves

American statecraft on May 14, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 14, 2026