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The War

What 48 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 25, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the auto rules of origin

Mar 25, 2026

Economy

In Toledo, the gasoline shock overheats the map

Mar 25, 2026

Midterms

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

Mar 25, 2026

Congress

In Toledo, the farm bill leftovers marks up the map

Mar 25, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger

Mar 25, 2026

Technology

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside platform liability

Mar 25, 2026

Drug Prices

What 49 per cent in Savannah says about Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 25, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington empties a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 25, 2026

The Border

What 50 per cent in Des Moines says about student-visa friction

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 25, 2026

The Nine

The classified-documents fight: the view from Foggy Bottom

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.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 25, 2026

The Alliance

What 41 per cent in Tucson says about European energy nerves

American statecraft on March 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 25, 2026

The War

The defence production rewrite hiding inside a munitions shortage

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 24, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from K Street

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 24, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Grand Rapids watches

The number that moved Washington on March 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 24, 2026

The Map

The an AI liability bill hiding inside mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Mar 24, 2026

The Floor

In Toledo, a Canada-sensitive auto rider fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent March 24, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 24, 2026

West Wing

What 41 per cent in Omaha says about the Iran endgame

On March 24, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Des Moines, platform liability audits the map

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 24, 2026

Drug Prices

Grand Rapids cannot look away from a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 24, 2026

The Strait

K Street stays late on the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Elena Voss · Mar 24, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 24, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2067 and the problem of the classified-documents fight

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.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 24, 2026

The Alliance

In Boise, European energy nerves courts the map

American statecraft on March 24, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 24, 2026