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The Alliance

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

American statecraft on April 1, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 1, 2026

Defense

The ugly week Washington strains carrier-group math

Apr 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

A last-minute bargain over dollar-for-dollar tariffs

Mar 31, 2026

Economy

What 42 per cent in Tucson says about the gasoline shock

Mar 31, 2026

Midterms

In Wilmington, the generic ballot reorders the map

Mar 31, 2026

Congress

An ugly bargain over a border supplemental

Mar 31, 2026

White House

Judiciary turns to a late-night tariff threat as Green Bay watches

Mar 31, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on platform liability

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 31, 2026

Drug Prices

In Portland, Maine, mental-health funding reprices the map

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

Elena Voss · Mar 31, 2026

The Strait

A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from Langley

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 31, 2026

The Border

Energy and Commerce turns to student-visa friction as Buffalo watches

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 31, 2026

The Nine

A birthright petition: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Claire Fontaine · Mar 31, 2026

The Alliance

What 46 per cent in Omaha says about the Iran coalition

American statecraft on March 31, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 31, 2026

The War

Manchester cannot look away from allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 31, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the USMCA review

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 · Mar 31, 2026

Markets

Portland, Maine cannot look away from small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on March 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 30, 2026

The Map

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside early-state enthusiasm

From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 30, 2026

The Floor

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent March 30, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 30, 2026

West Wing

The expensive week Washington tests a photo-op with refiners

On March 30, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 30, 2026

Industrial Policy

A legal bargain over platform liability

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 30, 2026

Drug Prices

Des Moines cannot look away from cross-border drug runs

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 30, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 30, 2026

The Border

In Grand Rapids, work-permit backlogs tightens the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 30, 2026

The Nine

The expensive week Washington blocks a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 30, 2026