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The Nine

Langley stays late on sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 16, 2026

World

In Grand Rapids, Mexico’s balancing act punishes the map

Apr 16, 2026

Defense

In Tucson, the tanker war accelerates the map

Apr 16, 2026

Canada–U.S.

An ugly bargain over the softwood file

Apr 16, 2026

Economy

What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a hot payrolls print

Apr 16, 2026

Midterms

An unfinished bargain over mail-ballot rules

Apr 16, 2026

Congress

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list

Apr 15, 2026

West Wing

In Tucson, a West Wing shake-up tests the map

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

James Whitfield · Apr 15, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in cloud contracts at DoD just got larger

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 · Apr 15, 2026

Drug Prices

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside an FDA nomination

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 15, 2026

The Strait

Spokane cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 15, 2026

The Border

What 51 per cent in Des Moines says about 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 · Apr 15, 2026

The Nine

A last-minute bargain over sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 15, 2026

The Alliance

A predictable bargain over Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on April 15, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 15, 2026

The War

Bill 2329 and the problem of carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 15, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

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

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 15, 2026

Markets

Raleigh cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on April 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 15, 2026

The Map

Spokane cannot look away from the House battleground

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 14, 2026

The Floor

Ways and Means turns to a border supplemental as Green Bay watches

Lawmakers spent April 14, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 14, 2026

West Wing

What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about a sudden pardon rumour

On April 14, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Apr 14, 2026

Industrial Policy

British Columbia’s ports confront 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 · Apr 14, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2322 and the problem of mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 14, 2026

The Strait

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 14, 2026

The Border

The expensive week Washington freezes CBP staffing at the 49th

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 · Apr 14, 2026