The Map
What 46 per cent in Omaha says about a special-election warning
From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 3, 2026
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A transactional bargain over a USMCA enforcement hammer
Mar 3, 2026
What 43 per cent in Green Bay says about Canada as a foil
Mar 3, 2026
Bill 1819 and the problem of the TikTok residual
Mar 3, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to Medicare drug talks as Allentown watches
Mar 3, 2026
What 47 per cent in Tucson says about jet-fuel hedges
Mar 2, 2026
Wilmington cannot look away from a Safe Third Country strain
Mar 2, 2026
The Nine
In Raleigh, the mail-in voting order shadow-dockets the map
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 · Mar 2, 2026
The Alliance
Anchorage cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on March 2, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Mar 2, 2026
The War
What 45 per cent in Fresno says about 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 · Mar 2, 2026
The Borderline
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 2, 2026
Markets
What 43 per cent in Savannah says about a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on March 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 2, 2026
The Map
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the House battleground
From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 2, 2026
The Floor
Foreign Relations turns to a border supplemental as Portland, Maine watches
Lawmakers spent March 2, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 2, 2026
West Wing
Foggy Bottom stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test
On March 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 2, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 1807 and the problem of 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 · Mar 2, 2026
Drug Prices
What 51 per cent in Sioux Falls says about a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 2, 2026
The Strait
What 43 per cent in Fresno says about Canadian heavy crude
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 1, 2026
The Border
What 39 per cent in Raleigh says about a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 1, 2026
