Washington Bureau Chief
Elena Voss runs the Maclean’s Washington Bureau. She previously covered Parliament Hill and the U.S. State Department, and writes on the alliance, the presidency and the Canadian interest in American power.
177 stories in the Washington archive
The Borderline
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · May 30, 2026
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The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · May 20, 2026
West Wing
On May 19, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · May 19, 2026
The Nine
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 · May 17, 2026
The Map
From Green Bay to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · May 16, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · May 14, 2026
The Borderline
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · May 13, 2026
Industrial Policy
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · May 12, 2026
The Alliance
American statecraft on May 10, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · May 10, 2026
The Floor
Lawmakers spent May 9, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · May 9, 2026
The Border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · May 7, 2026
Markets
The number that moved Washington on May 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · May 6, 2026
Drug Prices
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · May 4, 2026
The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · May 3, 2026
West Wing
On May 2, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · May 2, 2026
The Nine
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Elena Voss · Apr 30, 2026
The Map
From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Apr 29, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$86 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Apr 27, 2026
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