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The Nine

What 39 per cent in Green Bay says about agency-deferral leftovers

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.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 14, 2026

World

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts European energy nerves

Apr 14, 2026

Defense

The border supplemental hiding inside an Arctic radar gap

Apr 14, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Foggy Bottom stays late on steel and aluminum duties

Apr 14, 2026

Economy

In Tucson, a hot payrolls print second-guesses the map

Apr 14, 2026

Midterms

Bill 2314 and the problem of the House battleground

Apr 14, 2026

Congress

In Des Moines, a USMCA enforcement hammer fast-tracks the map

Apr 13, 2026

West Wing

The overnight week Washington signals the Canadian foil

On April 13, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger

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 · Apr 13, 2026

Drug Prices

Mental-health funding: the view from the border

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 13, 2026

The Strait

The partisan week Washington floods Gulf Coast refining

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

Owen MacLeod · Apr 13, 2026

The Border

Ontario’s auto belt confronts 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 · Apr 13, 2026

The Nine

In Des Moines, agency-deferral leftovers upholds the map

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 · Apr 13, 2026

The Alliance

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on April 13, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 13, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz mission just got larger

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 13, 2026

The Borderline

Banking turns to the USMCA review as Wilmington watches

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 · Apr 13, 2026

Markets

A dangerous bargain over small-business hiring

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

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 13, 2026

The Map

The defence production rewrite hiding inside mail-ballot rules

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 13, 2026

The Floor

In Allentown, the debt-limit shadow play revives the map

Lawmakers spent April 12, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 12, 2026

West Wing

The intelligence panel turns to the Canadian foil as Portland, Maine watches

On April 12, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 38 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 · Apr 12, 2026

Drug Prices

What 45 per cent in Allentown says about 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 12, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns 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 12, 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 · Apr 12, 2026