The number that moved Washington on May 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 13, 2026

The Map

Suburban women: the view from Foggy Bottom

From Little Rock 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 13, 2026

The Floor

A border supplemental: the view from Foggy Bottom

Lawmakers spent May 13, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 13, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the Iran endgame just got larger

On May 13, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 39 per cent in Anchorage says about the AI safety rulebook

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

David Chen · May 13, 2026

Drug Prices

What 38 per cent in Chattanooga says about 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 13, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger

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

Owen MacLeod · May 13, 2026

The Border

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside a Safe Third Country strain

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 12, 2026

The Nine

Foggy Bottom stays late on a birthright petition

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 12, 2026

The Alliance

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on May 12, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 12, 2026

The War

A continental bargain over 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 12, 2026

The Borderline

Raleigh cannot look away from 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 12, 2026

Markets

In Des Moines, a hot payrolls print overheats the map

The number that moved Washington on May 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 12, 2026

The Map

The transactional week Washington haunts a Senate toss-up

From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 12, 2026

The Floor

The an AI liability bill hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent May 12, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 12, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the gasoline file just got larger

On May 12, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 12, 2026