The Strait
What 49 per cent in Tucson says about the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 8, 2026
2026
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In Buffalo, interior enforcement miscounts the map
Mar 7, 2026
In Omaha, agency-deferral leftovers fast-tracks the map
Mar 7, 2026
Washington stays late on Mexico’s balancing act
Mar 7, 2026
Allied basing rights: the view from the West Wing
Mar 7, 2026
The West Wing stays late on the auto rules of origin
Mar 7, 2026
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the strong-dollar problem
Mar 7, 2026
The Map
In Fresno, the House battleground scrambles the map
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 7, 2026
The Floor
In Allentown, the debt-limit shadow play marks up the map
Lawmakers spent March 7, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 7, 2026
West Wing
In Little Rock, the mail-in ballot order walks back the map
On March 7, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
An unfinished bargain over a chip-export tightening
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 7, 2026
Drug Prices
Banking turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Raleigh watches
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 7, 2026
The Strait
The quiet week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Mar 6, 2026
The Border
A partisan bargain over 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 6, 2026
The Nine
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a Missouri map fight
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 6, 2026
The Alliance
An expensive bargain over the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on March 6, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 6, 2026
The War
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside 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 · Mar 6, 2026
The Borderline
The partisan week Washington weaponizes 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 · Mar 6, 2026
Markets
The September FOMC: the view from the West Wing
The number that moved Washington on March 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 6, 2026
Armed Services turns to an emergency war authorization as Portland, Maine watches
Amrita Shah · Mar 6, 2026
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the TikTok residual
David Chen · Mar 6, 2026
